Allah commands in the Holy Quran: "When you touch women and cannot find water, then perform tayammum" (Surah An-Nisa, verse 43).

Islamic scholars have used this verse to establish the Islamic ruling that touching a woman breaks wudu. According to this fatwa, the ablution is invalidated regardless of whether the touching is:

• Intentional or unintentional
• Voluntary or involuntary
• Done with desire or without desire

The key condition is that the touching must be skin-to-skin contact without any barrier between them. If there is clothing or any barrier, the wudu remains valid.