Is touching women without intention and without desire among the things that invalidate the ablution?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Is touching women without intention and without desire among the things that invalidate the ablution? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) are of three opinions on this issue. The first opinion is that touching a woman does not invalidate the ablution in any case; it does not invalidate the ablution in any case. The second opinion is that touching women invalidates the ablution in any case, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Or you have touched women." They hold that "touched" means touching with the hand. The proponents of the first opinion say that "touched" means intercourse, not touching with the hand. The third opinion, which is the view of the Hanbalis, is that if he touches a woman with desire, his ablution is invalidated. But if he touches her without desire, his ablution is not invalidated.