Touched husband accidentally without sexual desire

30-6-2003 | IslamWeb

Question:

If I touched my husband accidentally and without sex desire, will my Wudu be valid or invalid?

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Answer:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and may His blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. The Hanafis are of the opinion that, 'touching the woman with or without sexual desire does not nullify Wudu unless the sex organ erects' . This opinion is backed by Aisha 's (Radiya Allahu Anha) Hadith that "The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) used to kiss his wives after Wudu and used not to redo his Wudu" [This Hadith is considered weak by some Hadith scholars). But this opinion is also backed by the Hadith reported by Al-Nasa'e from Aisha (Radiya Allahu Anha) that her hand fell on the feet of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) while they (the feet) were erected during prostration and he (the Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam)) was saying: "Oh Allah, I take refuge within Your pardon from Your punishment, and I take refuge in You from You. I cannot enumerate Your Praise. You are as You have praised Yourself" . The Hanafi opinion is the choice of our website. The Maliki say that, 'touching the woman nullifying Wudu provided there are three conditions: First, the touching person should be mature (reached age of puberty). Second, the touched person should be from those normally desired. Third, the touching person should intend sexual desire or get it' . Shafi'e scholars believe that, 'touching nullifies Wudu if five conditions are present: First, it should be between two persons from opposite sexes. Second, it should be with the skin not the hair, the tooth or the nail. Third, it should be done with no screen between the skins of the two people. Fourth, it should cause both of them to feel some sexual desire. If only one of them feels desire and the other does not then the Wudu is not nullified. Fifth, the two persons should be alien to one another (not Mahram)' . The Hambali are of the opinion 'the touching nullifies Wudu if it is done with sexual desire' . But as we said earlier we support the Hanafi opinion in this issue. Allah knows best.