The Messenger of Allah ﷺ had wiped his hand over his face. He lived to meet the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said, "They used to forbid me from kissing while fasting, fearing that I might be drawn into something beyond it. Now the Muslims today forbid it altogether, and one of them says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was granted a level of divine protection that no one else has."
- وكان رسول الله ﷺ قد مسح على وجهه، وأدرك أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ- قال: كانوا ينهونني عن القبلة تخوفا أن أتقرب لأكثر منها، ثم المسلمون اليوم ينهون عنها. ويقول قائلهم: إن رسول الله ﷺ كان له من حفظ الله ما ليس لأحد.
Imam Ahmad (23669) narrated it from Hajjaj (that is, Masissi), who said, Layth, meaning Ibn Saad, told us, Aqeel told me, from Ibn Shihab, from Abdullah bin Thalaba bin Sagheer, and he related it. Tahawi also narrated it in Sharh Maani (3325) through another route, from Yahya bin Ayub, who said, Aqeel told me, with his chain, in abridged form. Its chain of transmission is sahih.Tahawi said, "This hadith clarifies the reasoning of those who disliked it for the fasting person, namely that they feared it might lead him to something greater than it. This is evidence that when that concern is removed, it becomes permissible for him."On this subject there is also what was narrated from Anas, who said, The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, "May the fasting person kiss?" He said, "What harm is there in smelling a fragrant plant?"Tabarani narrated it in Al-Awsat (4449) and in Al-Sagheer (614), from Abdullah bin Musa bin Abu Uthman Anmati, who said, Muhammad bin Abdullah Arzi told us, who said, Mutamir bin Sulayman told us, from his father, from Anas, and he related it. He said in Al-Awsat, "No one narrated this hadith from Sulayman Taymi except Mutamir, and Muhammad bin Abdullah Arzi narrated it alone." Haythami mentioned it in Al-Majmu (3/167) and said nothing about it, contrary to his usual practice of ruling on the narrators.I say, it contains Muhammad bin Abdullah Arzi, whom I could not identify, for Mizzi did not mention him among those who narrated from Mutamir bin Sulayman.As for what was narrated from Maymuna, the freed slave of the Prophet ﷺ, who said, The Prophet ﷺ was asked about a man who kissed his wife while both were fasting. He said, "They have both broken their fast," this is daif.Ibn Majah (1686) narrated it from Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba, who said, Fadl bin Dukayn told us, from Israel, from Zayd bin Jubayr, from Abu Yazid Dabbi, from Maymuna, and she related it. Tahawi also narrated it in his Sharh (3281) through another route, from Israel, with the same wording, and said, "Abu Yazid Dabbi is a man who is not known." Bukhari said, "He is an unknown man." Daraqutni said, "He is not known." Ibn Hazm said, "He is unknown."I say, its text contains an objectionable element, since it contradicts what has been narrated regarding the permissibility of kissing for the fasting person.