What is the ruling on shaking hands with a non-mahram woman if the intention is pure?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
Is it permissible to shake hands with a non-mahram woman if the intention is pure?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to shake hands with a non-mahram woman who is not one of your mahram relatives, even if the intention is pure. Satan is eager; the intention may be good, but Satan’s intention is evil. The woman is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with women; rather, he took their pledge of allegiance through words, not handshakes. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never touched the hand of a woman who was not lawful for him; rather, he took the pledge of women through words.
Is it permissible to shake hands with a non-mahram woman if the intention is pure?
Answer:
No, it is not permissible to shake hands with a non-mahram woman who is not one of your mahram relatives, even if the intention is pure. Satan is eager; the intention may be good, but Satan’s intention is evil. The woman is a fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with women; rather, he took their pledge of allegiance through words, not handshakes. Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said: The hand of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) never touched the hand of a woman who was not lawful for him; rather, he took the pledge of women through words.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم مصافحة المرأة الأجنبية إذا كانت النية صافية؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.