It is stated in the book *Tala'is Iblis* or others that the young boy is kissed by twelve... unlike the woman. What is the authenticity of this statement?

The questioner : Also, the book *Tala'is Iblis* and the book *Al-Kaba'ir* state that the matter... is unlike the woman, and they mention narrations from Sufyan and Ahmad ibn Hanbal and many of our righteous predecessors, and Allah knows best.

The Shaykh : These are all narrations, meaning in scientific hadith terminology, they are *mu'addal* (defective). If they were from the Companions, they would be *mawquf* (stopped at a Companion), but since they are from those below them, they are *mu'addal*; so in such words, scholars are lenient in the context of warning against being tempted by young boys; but excess in religion is not approved. So we say if it is established that there is a young boy who is truly a trial like a girl, one should avoid mixing with him and sitting with him without these exaggerations, which are multiples of what is said about girls, and as in some narrations and so on; in any case, I say, unfortunately, if they were lenient in saying that it is permissible to narrate weak hadiths in encouraging and warning, then they should be even more lenient in narrating these *mu'addal* narrations.