Is it allowed to kiss the feet of husband/wife?
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Asalamu alakum dear brother, Is it permitted for husband and wife to kiss and touch each other`s feet as expression of love in their intimate relationship?
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Answer:
Is it allowed to kiss the feet
of husband/wife?
In the name of Allah, We praise
Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can
misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We
bear witness that there is no one (no idol,
no person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai,
nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad(saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
There is absolutely no harm, if
in their expression of love in their intimate relationship, a husband kisses or touches his wife’s
feet, or a wife kisses or touches her
husband’s feet.
Kissing becomes impermissible
only when someone kisses someone or something and considers it Holy or Sacred,
when Allah and His Mesenger (saws) have not declared
it Sacred.
Whatever written of Truth and
benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error
is of me. Allah Alone Knows Best and He
is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan