Does Kissing Your Spouse Break Wudu?

Hi all readers! Are you looking for an explanation of “does kissing your spouse break wudu?”? If your answer is “Yes”, congratulations! Now you are reading the right article. Why? Because that is what I will explain in this article. As Muslims, we must understand that. So, you have to read it to the end.

Specifically, there are three important things about “does kissing your spouse break wudu?” which I will explain in this article. The three important things I mean are as follows:

Five Things That Break Wudu

The first important thing about “does kissing your spouse break wudu?” what I will explain now is some things that break wudu. I think you understand all of that first before you read more explanations in this article so that you understand the focus of our discussion now.

In general, there are five things that can break wudu:

If something comes out of two holes: the front hole (penis and vagina) and the back hole (anus).

We can find this explanation in the following Quranic verse:

أَوْ جَاءَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْغَائِطِ

“Or one of you has come from the bathroom.” (Al-Maidah: 6).

Loss of mind due to sleep, madness, and so on.

We can find this explanation in the hadith below:

فَمَنْ نَامَ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

“Whoever sleeps, let him perform wudu.”

Three: if the skin of a man and a woman who is not a mahram touch without a barrier.

We can find this explanation in the following Quranic verse:

أَوْ لَامَسْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ

“Or you touch girls.” (Al-Maidah: 6).

Touching penis, vagina, or anus using the palms of the hands or the inside of the fingers.

We can find this explanation in the hadith below:

مَنْ مَسَّ ذَكَرَهُ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ

Whoever holds his penis, let him perform wudu. This hadith was narrated by Ahmad.

Vomiting and nosebleeds.

We can find this explanation in the hadith below:

عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهَا أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : مَنْ أَصَابَهُ قَيْءٌ , أَوْ رُعَافٌ , أَوْ قَلَسٌ , أَوْ مَذْيٌ فَلْيَتَوَضَّأْ , ثُمَّ لْيَبْنِ عَلَى صَلَاتِهِ وَهُوَ لَا يَتَكَلَّمُ . أَخْرَجَهُ اِبْنُ مَاجَهْ

From Aisha radiyallahu anha, that the Messenger of Allah (Prophet Muhammad) sallallahu alaihi wa sallam has said, "Whoever is exposed to vomiting, nosebleeds (blood coming out of the nose), qalas (fluid that comes from the throat that fills the mouth or other things but it is not vomit) or madhiy, then let him perform wudu and then continue his prayer as long as he does not speak." This hadith was narrated by Ibn Majah.

That is the general explanation of some things that break wudu. As Muslims, we must understand that.

Is Your Spouse Your Mahram?

The second important thing about “does kissing your spouse break wudu?” what I will explain now is “is your spouse your mahram?”. I want you to understand because one of the things that can damage wudu, as I have explained above, is if the skin of a man and a woman who is not a mahram touch without a barrier. So, simply, one important question that must be answered is, “is your spouse your mahram?”.

Before I explain more about that, firstly, I want to explain that mahram is a term for some people who are not allowed to marry in Islam. In the context of things that can damage wudu, mahram are some people who do not break wudu if we touch their skin even without a barrier.

We can find an explanation of mahram in the following Quranic verse:

حُرِّمَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أُمَّهَٰتُكُمۡ وَبَنَاتُكُمۡ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُمۡ وَعَمَّٰتُكُمۡ وَخَٰلَٰتُكُمۡ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلۡأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ ٱلۡأُخۡتِ وَأُمَّهَٰتُكُمُ ٱلَّٰتِيٓ أَرۡضَعۡنَكُمۡ وَأَخَوَٰتُكُم مِّنَ ٱلرَّضَٰعَةِ وَأُمَّهَٰتُ نِسَآئِكُمۡ وَرَبَٰٓئِبُكُمُ ٱلَّٰتِي فِي حُجُورِكُم مِّن نِّسَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّٰتِي دَخَلۡتُم بِهِنَّ فَإِن لَّمۡ تَكُونُواْ دَخَلۡتُم بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ وَحَلَٰٓئِلُ أَبۡنَآئِكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۡ أَصۡلَٰبِكُمۡ وَأَن تَجۡمَعُواْ بَيۡنَ ٱلۡأُخۡتَيۡنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدۡ سَلَفَۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورٗا رَّحِيمٗا ٢٣

Forbidden to you are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters and your paternal aunts and your maternal aunts and brother’s daughters and sister’s daughters and your mothers that have suckled you and your foster-sisters and mothers of your wives and your step-daughters who are in your guardianship, (born) of your wives to whom you have gone in, but if you have not gone in to them, there is no blame on you (in marrying them), and the wives of your sons who are of your own loins and that you should have two sisters together, except what has already passed; surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. (An-Nisa [4]; 23).

Readers of all, if we understand the above verse of Quran, then surely, we know, that women who should not be married to men are; mother, daughter, sister, aunt from mother, aunt from father, brother's daughter, sister's daughter, woman who has breastfed him, the daugther of woman who n breastfed him, mother-in-law, stepdaughter if her mother has become a wife and has had sex with her.

Whereas men who cannot be married to women are; father, boys, brother, uncle from mother, uncle from father, daughter's sister, brother's son, husband of a woman who has breastfed her, the boys of woman who has breastfed her, a father-in-law, stepson if his father has become her husband and has had sex with him.

That is a brief explanation of “is your spouse your mahram?”. As Muslims, we must understand that.

Does Kissing Your Spouse Break Wudu?

The third important thing about “does kissing your spouse break wudu?” what I'm going to explain now is a specific answer.

All readers! If we understand some of the explanations above, then we can conclude that your spouse is not your mahram. So, if you touch her or kiss her, then you have to perform wudu before you perform some rituals in Islam that require you to be pure. So, specifically, kissing spouse breaks wudu.

All readers! That is a brief explanation of "does kissing your spouse break wudu?". Do you understand? If you want to ask, please ask!

I think that's enough for this article. May be useful. Amen.

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