Does one who touches his wife during the day of Ramadan without intercourse break his fast?
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The questioner: All right, my sir, regarding a second issue regarding fasting.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: By touching, exactly what is meant is if the man, meaning he approached his wife but did not have intercourse with her; intercourse is the act.
The Shaykh: He does not break his fast if he has intercourse with her, he does not break his fast, even if he ejaculates, just as if he had intercourse with her.
The questioner: Yes, this is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: I mean, if he ejaculates, my sir, without having intercourse with her, intercourse.
The Shaykh: And I, what am I saying.
The questioner: Yes, it is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah forgive you.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my sir.
The Shaykh: Yes, but I want to warn you about something, which is his saying (peace be upon him).
The questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:Bulugh al-Maram 16:32, so he may have intercourse with her without ejaculating, and then he loses the fast and he has to expiate with a major expiation, fasting two consecutive months; therefore, stay away from evil and be content with that.
The questioner: Yes, stay away from evil and be content with that.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah give you health.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my sir.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : ... Sir.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: By touching, exactly what is meant is if the man, meaning he approached his wife but did not have intercourse with her; intercourse is the act.
The Shaykh: He does not break his fast if he has intercourse with her, he does not break his fast, even if he ejaculates, just as if he had intercourse with her.
The questioner: Yes, this is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner: I mean, if he ejaculates, my sir, without having intercourse with her, intercourse.
The Shaykh: And I, what am I saying.
The questioner: Yes, it is permissible.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah forgive you.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my sir.
The Shaykh: Yes, but I want to warn you about something, which is his saying (peace be upon him).
The questioner : (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh:
is like a shepherd who pastures (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to get in it
ومَن حام حول الحمى يوشك أن يقعَ فيهThe questioner: Yes, stay away from evil and be content with that.
The Shaykh: Yes, may Allah give you health.
The questioner: May Allah honor you, my sir.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner : May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : And may He reward you.
The questioner : ... Sir.
The Shaykh : Welcome.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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