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727. 'Āishah narrated: "The Prophet ﷺ would kiss during the month of fasting." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
(He said:) There are narrations on this topic from 'Umar bin Al-Khaṭṭāb, Ḥafṣah, Abū Sa'eed, Umm Salamah, Ibn 'Abbās, Anas, and Abū Hurairah.
Abū 'Eisā said: The Hadīth of 'Āishah is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ Hadīth.
The people of knowledge, among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, and others, differ over kissing for the fasting person. Some of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ permitted kissing for the elder man but they did not permit it for the young, fearing that his fast would not be safe from it. Fondling is worse according to them, some of the people of knowledge said that kissing ruins the reward, but it does not break the fast. They held the view that if the fasting person can control himself then he can kiss, and when he does not think that he can control himself then he should avoid kissing for the safety of his fast. This is the saying of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī and Ash-Shāfi'i.
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Commentary
The truth is whether one is young or old and the fasting is obligatory or voluntary, if a person has control over his sexual desire and emotion, then kissing and body contact is allowed; if there is a risk of losing control over sexual desire it is then impermissible.
