Is it forbidden to sleep with one's wife in the same bed and touch her without desire after entering a state of Ihram?
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What is forbidden to a pilgrim in the state of is sexual intercourse and its inducements, such as intimate contact with desire like kissing, touching, and thighing; based on the Almighty’s saying: "So no rafath (sexual intercourse or obscene speech)." As for intimate contact without desire, it is not forbidden, such as a pilgrim in ihram sleeping with his wife in the same bed, or touching her without desire, as long as there is no fear of falling into the forbidden.
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