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The Case of a Person Involved in Carnal Relations in the Form of Kissing or Foreplay

alkafi-6369Vol. 4, p. 104

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع مَا تَقُولُ فِي الصَّائِمِ يُقَبِّلُ الْجَارِيَةَ وَ الْمَرْأَةَ فَقَالَ أَمَّا الشَّيْخُ الْكَبِيرُ مِثْلِي وَ مِثْلُكَ فَلَا بَأْسَ وَ أَمَّا الشَّابُّ الشَّبِقُ فَلَا لِأَنَّهُ لَا يُؤْمَنُ وَ الْقُبْلَةُ إِحْدَى الشَّهْوَتَيْنِ‌[2] قُلْتُ فَمَا تَرَى فِي مِثْلِي تَكُونُ لَهُ الْجَارِيَةُ فَيُلَاعِبُهَا فَقَالَ لِي إِنَّكَ لَشَبِقٌ يَا أَبَا حَازِمٍ كَيْفَ طُعْمُكَ‌[3] قُلْتُ إِنْ ش

“I once asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who kisses a slave-girl or the woman. He (the Imam) said, ‘For an old man like you and I, it is not harmful but for a lustful young man it is negative and not safe; kissing is one of the two lustful activities (sexual intercourse and kissing).’ I (the narrator) then aske