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Sunan Ibn Majah 483 — Touching the Penis and Wudu Concession
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Touching the Penis and Wudu Concession
Sunan Ibn Majah : 483
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 483
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَيْسَ بْنَ طَلْقٍ الْحَنَفِيَّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ سُئِلَ عَنْ مَسِّ الذَّكَرِ فَقَالَ " لَيْسَ فِيهِ وُضُوءٌ إِنَّمَا هُوَ مِنْكَ " .
Qais bin Talq Al-Hanafi Narrated from:
Qais bin Talq Al-Hanafi narrated that his father said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah being asked about touching the penis. He said: 'That does not require ablution, because it is a part of you (your body).'"
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 483In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 217English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 483
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 483
This Hadith reports a question asked to the Messenger of Allah about touching the penis. His answer in this narration was: it does not require ablution, because it is a part of you. For searches like “touching penis does not break wudu hadith” or “part of you wudu hadith,” the key point is the exact reply given here. The text presents a concession and explains it with a simple reason: it is part of one’s own body. The Hadith does not discuss desire, barriers, or other detailed cases, so the explanation should stay with what is stated. It teaches that questions about purification were brought to the Prophet, and he answered in words people could understand.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Companion asked directly about a real issue of purification.
- In this narration, the answer given was that it does not require wudu.
- The reason stated in the text is that it is part of the person’s body.
