A man touching a woman unintentionally due to heavy crowding
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does touching a woman without intention, and that is due to the intensity of… Does touching a woman without intention, and that is due to the heavy crowding, as in the Haram during Hajj for example, invalidate the wudu'?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if you touched her directly without a barrier, the wudu' is invalidated. Without a barrier. And with intention and desire. As for if you touched her without your hand falling on her unintentionally, according to Imam Ahmad, this does not invalidate the wudu'. And it is the third opinion about which the author said that it is the most balanced of the opinions. And that the evidences converge with it. Yes. So if you intended this and your hand fell on her without need, your wudu' is invalidated, but if you did not intend this, there is nothing upon you.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
You may… that no one circumambulates, because the people, men and women, crowd each other, so what is the validity of their tawaf? This is from the hardship.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does touching a woman without intention, and that is due to the intensity of… Does touching a woman without intention, and that is due to the heavy crowding, as in the Haram during Hajj for example, invalidate the wudu'?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if you touched her directly without a barrier, the wudu' is invalidated. Without a barrier. And with intention and desire. As for if you touched her without your hand falling on her unintentionally, according to Imam Ahmad, this does not invalidate the wudu'. And it is the third opinion about which the author said that it is the most balanced of the opinions. And that the evidences converge with it. Yes. So if you intended this and your hand fell on her without need, your wudu' is invalidated, but if you did not intend this, there is nothing upon you.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
You may… that no one circumambulates, because the people, men and women, crowd each other, so what is the validity of their tawaf? This is from the hardship.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الوضوء من مس المرأة — islamhouse.com (50:30)
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