Ibn Maymūn said: I asked ʿĀʾishah about a man kissing while fasting. She said, "The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) used to kiss while fasting." I said: Its chain is authentic, and Shaybān is Ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Tamīmī al-Baṣrī, and he is according to Muslim's criteria. It was also recorded in "Ṣaḥīḥ" (3/136) through other chains from Ziyād without the question, and it adds "in Ramaḍān," which is a narration for Aḥmad (6/130). In another narration for him (6/292) through the chain of ʿIkrimah from her: "The Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) used to kiss while fasting, and you have in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent example." Its chain is authentic, and ʿIkrimah is the Berber freedman of Ibn ʿAbbās, and he heard from ʿĀʾishah. Aḥmad (6/291) narrated from Umm Salamah a similar ḥadīth to the first of ʿĀʾishah. Its chain is considered good in "al-Shawāhid." The ḥadīth is evidence for the permissibility of a fasting person kissing his wife in Ramaḍān. Scholars have differed on this in more than four opinions, the most likely being permissibility, provided the kisser considers his condition. If he is a young man who fears that he may fall into intercourse, which would invalidate his fast, he should refrain from it. This is what Lady ʿĀʾishah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā) indicated in the following narration about her, ".. and which of you can control his desire." In fact, this was explicitly narrated from her, as al-Ṭaḥāwī (1/346) recorded through the chain of Ḥurayth ibn ʿAmr from al-Shaʿbī from Masrūq from her that she said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) might kiss me and fondle me while fasting! As for you, it is permissible for the elderly weak man. This Ḥurayth was mentioned by Ibn Abī Ḥātim (2/2/263), and he did not mention any criticism or commendation about him. Rather, this is reported as elevated from various chains about the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) that strengthen each other