The ruling on a fasting voluntary person caressing his wife
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Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who caresses his wife while he is fasting a voluntary fast on Mondays and Thursdays?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do so; because this leads him to corrupting his fast through desire, either through intercourse or through ejaculation, so he should avoid the means that lead him to corrupting his fast. In the Qudsi Hadith, Allah the Exalted says regarding the fasting person that he leftMuwatta Malik 18:64
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on one who caresses his wife while he is fasting a voluntary fast on Mondays and Thursdays?
Answer:
It is not permissible for him to do so; because this leads him to corrupting his fast through desire, either through intercourse or through ejaculation, so he should avoid the means that lead him to corrupting his fast. In the Qudsi Hadith, Allah the Exalted says regarding the fasting person that he left
his desires and his food and drink for My sake
شَهْوَتَهُ وَطَعَامَهُ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ أَجْلِي
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/211 — archive.org (5:46)
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