سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب الصيامThe Book of Fasting
بَابُ : مَا جَاءَ فِي الْمُبَاشَرَةِ لِلصَّائِمِChapter: What was narrated concerning a fasting person touching
Hadith 1688
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " رُخِّصَ لِلْكَبِيرِ الصَّائِمِ فِي الْمُبَاشَرَةِ ، وَكُرِهَ لِلشَّابِّ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbas said:` “A concession was granted to those who are older with regard to touching while fasting, but it was disliked on the part of those who are younger.”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
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The distinction between the elderly and the young is also narrated from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in Sunan al-Bayhaqi. (See: 4/232)
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Generally, an elderly person has more self-control than a young person.
That is why the issue has been stated in this manner.
If a person, despite being of advanced age, possesses the strength and passion like that of the young, then he should observe abstinence as the young do.
And if a young person does not have such passion, but rather has self-control, then for him the concession given to the elderly will apply.
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The distinction between the elderly and the young is also narrated from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) in Sunan al-Bayhaqi. (See: 4/232)
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Generally, an elderly person has more self-control than a young person.
That is why the issue has been stated in this manner.
If a person, despite being of advanced age, possesses the strength and passion like that of the young, then he should observe abstinence as the young do.
And if a young person does not have such passion, but rather has self-control, then for him the concession given to the elderly will apply.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1688
