Does touching the dead body nullify ablution?

Chapter on What Nullifies Purification

Al-Mughni

Book of Purification

Book 2 · Issue 5 · Bab 7

Open in Qurani

Primary text

There are two views regarding touching a corpse: one view states that it nullifies ablution due to the general scope of the verse {or you have touched women}. The second view, chosen by Ash-Sharif Abu Ja'far and Ibn 'Aqil, is that it does not nullify ablution because the corpse is not an object of sexual desire, making it analogous to a man touching another man.