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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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We begin today's lesson: He said: "And from Talq ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: A man said: I touched my private part, or he said: A man touches his private part during prayer

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The Shaykh : We begin today's lesson: He said:
"And from Talq ibn 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he said:
A man said: “I touched my penis” or he said, “Does a man who touch his penis during the prayer should perform Wudu (ablution)?” The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, “No, it is only a part of your body”. قال رجل : مسست ذكري ، أو قال : الرجل يمس ذكره في الصلاة ، أعليه الوضوء ؟ فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : لا ، إنما هو بَضعة منك
Bulugh al-Maram 72
The five [collections] reported it, and Ibn Hibban graded it authentic, and Ibn al-Madini said: It is better than the hadith of Busrah"
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The man is Talq ibn 'Ali, who narrates from a man that he said to the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him):
I touched my private part مسست ذكري
So he attributed the touching to himself, and the private part is well known.
And touching must be direct contact; as for with a barrier, it is not touching because of the presence of the barrier that intervenes.
And his saying:
I touched مَسست
: The common usage is that touching is only applied to touching with the hand, and the meaning is
I touched my private part مسست ذكري
or he said:
A man touches his private part الرجل يمس ذكره
meaning with his hand.
And his saying:
in the prayer في الصلاة
means while he is in prayer, and this raises a problem, which is how it is possible for a person to touch his private part while he is praying, because he is wearing clothing, a shirt and a lower garment, a shirt and trousers, how can he touch it?
We say: There is no problem, since we know that touching in the Arabic language is what? Direct contact, and without direct contact it is not called touching, but rather touching the barrier; in that case, the problem is resolved. For example, a person while praying may need to touch his private part directly and he touches it, and as long as the linguistic meaning can be applied to the reality, the problem is resolved.
Does he have to perform ablution أعليه الوضوء

And know that the word "upon" is among the tools of obligation, meaning: "must" is among the tools of obligation, "it is incumbent" is among the tools of obligation, "upon him is such and such" is among the tools of obligation, even if it is not explicit in it, but it is apparent in that.
And his saying:
Does he have to perform ablution? أعليه الوضوء ؟
The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to her)," Do فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : لا
Sahih al-Bukhari 4001
No: meaning: It is not obligatory, so the question now is about obligation, and the answer is the negation of obligation, meaning: It is not obligatory, and on this basis, it does not preclude it being recommended.
But we will look, if Allah wills, at what follows, where he said:
it is only a part of your body إنما هو بضعة منك
Bulugh al-Maram 72
: This is the reasoning for the ruling, which is the absence of obligation.
As if a questioner asked: Why is it not obligatory?
He said:
it is only a part of your body إنما هو بَضعة منك
Bulugh al-Maram 72
"Part": means a piece of the person, like the other limbs, such as the hand, the foot, the finger, the ear, and the like. So, if a person touches his ear, does his ablution become invalid?
No, so if he touches his private part, his ablution does not become invalid because it is a part of him, and this cause is a cause that can never be removed and does not pose a problem for anyone.
Meaning, it is not said that this is a descriptive cause that can be debated; this is a tangible cause that the private part is a part of the person, so if a person does not have his ablution invalidated when he touches his other limbs, then likewise when he touches his private part.
"The five [collections] reported it, and Ibn Hibban graded it authentic, and Ibn al-Madini said: It is better than the hadith of Busrah".
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