Does touching the wife's hand nullify wudu' (ablution)?
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The most probable view is that a man touching a woman does not nullify ablution, whether with desire or without it, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, kissed some of his wives and did not perform ablution. And the saying of Allah the Almighty: (or you have touched women) means sexual intercourse.
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