Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 330

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Mishkat al-Masabih 330
Arabic hadith text

وَعَن ابْن عمر كَانَ يَقُولُ: قُبْلَةُ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ وَجَسُّهَا بِيَدِهِ مِنَ الْمُلَامَسَةِ. وَمَنْ قَبَّلَ امْرَأَتَهُ أَوْ جَسَّهَا بِيَدِهِ فَعَلَيهِ الْوضُوء. رَوَاهُ مَالك وَالشَّافِعِيّ

Translation

Ibn ʿUmar used to say: ‘A man’s kissing his wife and touching her with his hand are forms of al-mulāmasa. Whoever kisses his wife or touches her with his hand must perform ablution.’ Mālik and al-Shāfiʿī transmitted it.

Translation notes

  • The accompanying grading labels this report ṣaḥīḥ (sound). Al-mulāmasa literally means touching and can function as a euphemism for sexual contact; the translation preserves the Arabic term because its legal sense is not made explicit here.