that he would pray at night in the darkness while ʿĀ’ishah lay in front of him, in the direction he faced for prayer; when he wished to prostrate, he would nudge her. Someone remaining in place is not like someone passing in front of the worshipper. Nor did this distract him, since it was at night, in the darkness. Likewise, touching women with desire invalidates ritual purity according to most scholars.

If Allah has forbidden during worship even looking and physical contact that are permissible outside worship, because they are incompatible with worship and contrary to it, then what of conduct that is forbidden even outside worship, such as looking at a prostitute or touching her? What, then, of looking at handsome, beardless youths, whether effeminate or not, and touching them? This may be done merely to gratify the desire to look, making it repugnant and reprehensible outside worship—how much more so during worship!

These people may regard this as something without which their listening gatherings cannot be complete. Indeed, they even incorporate it into prayer and other acts of worship, thus treating their presence at listening gatherings