The ruling on touching the anus and its effect on the validity of wudu'

Question:
O Shaykh, do not establish that I present it to him, and likewise if a person…

Answer:
Yes, according to the majority, yes, according to the majority. Touching the ring of the anus invalidates wudu' by analogy to the penis, based on the common factor that both are orifices from which discharge emerges. Al-Shawkani, as far as I know, in *Nayl al-Awtar*, holds that touching the anus does not invalidate wudu' because there is no report in the hadiths. However, by way of analogy, they say it invalidates wudu' because if touching the penis invalidates it, then touching the anus invalidates it a fortiori. Yes.