What is the meaning of (or you have touched women)?
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The questioner: My masterThe Shaykh : Among the things that invalidate wudu' is touching women. What is the nature of the touching?
The Shaykh : The touching mentioned in the verse, may Allah reward you, is not this kind of touching; rather, it is an euphemism for sexual intercourse. The interpreter of the Qur'an, 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, said that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, uses euphemisms and expresses delicate matters in a subtle way because it is ugly to state them explicitly. So He says:[An-Nisa 4:43] meaning "or you have had intercourse with them." As for this kind of touching, it does not invalidate wudu'. It has been reported in many hadiths from the Lady 'A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) .
The Shaykh : The touching mentioned in the verse, may Allah reward you, is not this kind of touching; rather, it is an euphemism for sexual intercourse. The interpreter of the Qur'an, 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas, said that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, uses euphemisms and expresses delicate matters in a subtle way because it is ugly to state them explicitly. So He says:
or you have contacted women
أولا مستم النّساءHe would kiss some of his wives and then stand up for prayer without performing wudu'.
كان يقبّل بعض أزواجه ثم يقوم إلى الصلاة ولا يتوضّأ
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