The Age When It Is Lawful to Kiss a Girl

“I once asked him (the Imam) (a.s.), about a girl who is not a relative to me who holds me and I carry her and kiss her. He (the Imam) said, ‘When she becomes six years old then you must not place her in your lap.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When a free girl becomes six years old then it is not proper for you to kiss her.’”

“A certain person of banu Hashim once invited abu al-Hassan, al-Rida’ (a.s.), along with a group of his people and a girl was brought in the gathering. People called her one by one and when she was brought near him (the…