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

“I once asked abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about a man who touches a woman if it destroys his fast or reduces. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is undesirable for a young man for fear from semen discharge.”’

“Abu Ja‘far (a.s.), has said, ‘Kissing does not destroy the fast.’”

“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;…