He also asks: Does greeting a non-mahram woman invalidate the ablution or not?
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The questioner : He also asks: Does greeting a non-mahram woman invalidate the ablution or not?
The Shaykh : Greeting her with the tongue, by speech, does not invalidate the ablution and has no effect. Greeting her with a handshake, if a person adheres to the condition we stipulated, which is that it be done through a barrier, does not invalidate the ablution either. As for greeting a non-mahram woman directly, without a barrier, with the hand, it is forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Nevertheless, if he does so, his ablution is not invalidated, because touching a woman does not invalidate the ablution. Even if a man touches his wife for desire or kisses her for desire, his ablution is not invalidated by that.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Unless something comes out of him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If something comes out of him, he must do what that discharge requires, such as washing if it is semen, or washing the private parts if it is pre-seminal fluid, along with performing the ablution.
The questioner : This is what you answered. He had this question: Does a husband touching his wife or kissing her invalidate the ablution? And he has heard the answer.
The Shaykh : Greeting her with the tongue, by speech, does not invalidate the ablution and has no effect. Greeting her with a handshake, if a person adheres to the condition we stipulated, which is that it be done through a barrier, does not invalidate the ablution either. As for greeting a non-mahram woman directly, without a barrier, with the hand, it is forbidden and not permissible.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Nevertheless, if he does so, his ablution is not invalidated, because touching a woman does not invalidate the ablution. Even if a man touches his wife for desire or kisses her for desire, his ablution is not invalidated by that.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Unless something comes out of him.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : If something comes out of him, he must do what that discharge requires, such as washing if it is semen, or washing the private parts if it is pre-seminal fluid, along with performing the ablution.
The questioner : This is what you answered. He had this question: Does a husband touching his wife or kissing her invalidate the ablution? And he has heard the answer.