What is the ruling on masturbating by hand while caressing one's wife, or by the wife's hand, or by both, and what is the evidence for its prohibition, with reference to the noble verse: "And those who guard their private parts, except from their wives"? And what is the ruling on kissing the wife's genitals during foreplay?
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There is no harm in a husband enjoying his wife and her masturbating him with her hand. However, masturbating with one's own hand, whether alone or with the wife's foreplay, is forbidden. It is permissible to kiss a woman's private parts before intercourse, but it is disliked afterwards.
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