This hadith is authentic and has several corroborating reports. It constitutes affirmative evidence, and the possibility that the kiss was without desire is exceedingly remote.
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The basic presumption is that ablution remains valid unless sound, explicit evidence establishes that it has been invalidated.
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Purification is established by virtue of legal evidence, and whatever is established by legal evidence cannot be lifted except by legal evidence. There is no evidence for this; this is a negative argument...
They answered the verse by saying that “touching” refers to sexual intercourse, for the following reasons:
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This was authentically reported from Ibn Abbas (1), may Allah be pleased with him, for whom the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, supplicated that Allah teach him the interpretation (2). He is among those whose statements in exegesis are most deserving of acceptance, unless he is opposed by someone whose view carries greater weight.
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The verse itself indicates this, since purification is divided into the original form and its substitute, and into minor and major purification, and the causes of each of the minor