Touching the private parts with the palm of the hand invalidates the ablution, as is well known. Is there an authentic hadith regarding this?
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The questioner : Shaykh, regarding touching the private parts, there is evidence that holding it with desire invalidates the ablution, and evidence that touching it without a barrier invalidates the ablution. Is there established evidence that it must be with the palm of the hand and not the back of the hand?
The Shaykh : There is a hadith that mentions the palm of the hand, but this condition is a condition to clarify the reality of the situation. Second, desire is not aroused by the back of the hand, but only by the palm of the hand. Therefore, what is based on this condition is merely an emphasis on the distinction between touching with desire, which invalidates the ablution, and touching without desire, which does not.
The questioner : So, is it sufficient to state the first position, which is that it invalidates the ablution if done with desire, and that this includes touching with the hand?
The Shaykh : But the first condition, may Allah reward you, was derived from combining the two hadiths. However, here the mention of the palm of the hand gives strength to this combination!
The questioner : As for the hadith about the palm of the hand?
The Shaykh : Ah.
The Shaykh : There is a hadith that mentions the palm of the hand, but this condition is a condition to clarify the reality of the situation. Second, desire is not aroused by the back of the hand, but only by the palm of the hand. Therefore, what is based on this condition is merely an emphasis on the distinction between touching with desire, which invalidates the ablution, and touching without desire, which does not.
The questioner : So, is it sufficient to state the first position, which is that it invalidates the ablution if done with desire, and that this includes touching with the hand?
The Shaykh : But the first condition, may Allah reward you, was derived from combining the two hadiths. However, here the mention of the palm of the hand gives strength to this combination!
The questioner : As for the hadith about the palm of the hand?
The Shaykh : Ah.