What is your opinion of the hadith: (Whoever touches the private part of another, let him perform wudu')?

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. It is a small question, very small, and it is , narrated by al-Tabarani. What is your opinion of this hadith?

The Shaykh : The hadith in this wording is anomalous, and the hadith whose chains are multiple is only: . Then, if the correct understanding of the authentic, preserved hadith is: , meaning: with desire, let him perform wudu', then a fortiori, if the hadith were authentic in the first wording: , the intended meaning is if his touching the private part of another is from the category of arousing desire for himself, then the operative cause understood from the authentic hadith is realized, in addition to the hadith of Talq ibn 'Ali, in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about a man who was praying, so he extended his hand and scratched his body and touched his organ; does he have to perform wudu'? . He said: . So, combining the first hadith: , with this other hadith, we understand from combining them that the touching that invalidates wudu' is when it is with desire, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the second hadith denied the questioner that wudu' is required from touching the private part if his touching it is like touching a piece of his body. And one of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), namely 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), clarified this meaning, about whom the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . This Ibn Mas'ud, the son of Umm 'Abd, was asked the same question that came in the hadith of Talq ibn Ali . He said: , as if he is indicating that when a man touches his nose or touches any organ of his body, it is not conceivable that there is desire in this touching. Likewise, if the touching of that organ, which is usually the place of desire, is an ordinary touch not accompanied by desire, there is no difference whether you touched it or touched any place of your body, like the nose, for example. If this is the meaning of the authentic hadith , then a fortiori, a fortiori, a fortiori, that the intended meaning of the other hadith, which we said is anomalous, is: .