the clothing is thick. ‘Alī ibn Ziyād reported this from Mālik, and in my view it clarifies all the reports.

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All these distinctions concern the person who touches. As for the person touched, if he experiences pleasure, ablution is obligatory for him; if he does not, no ablution is required. This sums up the position of Mālik’s school.

Al-Shāfi‘ī requires ablution of the person who touches if there is no intervening barrier, whether or not he intends pleasure and whether or not he experiences it. Regarding the person touched, he holds two positions: one agrees with Mālik’s position; the other is that no ablution is required. His evidence for this is the hadith of ‘Ā’ishah: “I could not find the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so I searched for him, and my hand came upon the soles of his feet while he was praying.”