Aswad and Masruq say that once we began to ask Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) about the ruling of "physical intimacy for a fasting person," but we felt shy while asking her, so we stood up without asking her. We had only walked a short distance—"the distance I do not remember"—when it occurred to us that we had gone to her to ask an important matter and returned without asking. Thinking this, we went back and said, O Mother of the Believers! We had come to you to ask a question, but due to shyness, we left without asking. She said, you may ask whatever you wish. We asked her this question, and she replied: Although the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had more control over his desires than you, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would touch his wives' bodies with his own body.