The Ruling on Shaking Hands with Women, Touching Them, and Ablution
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Question:
Sudan, a new episode containing a collection of questions. In one of his questions, he says: What is the ruling on shaking hands with women?
Answer:
(peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with women; rather, he took their pledge of allegiance through words. Since shaking hands with women leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), it is forbidden. Shaking hands with a woman who is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) is forbidden because it leads to fitnah.
It invalidates the wudu' (the ablution for prayer). If it is through a barrier, it is forbidden, but it does not invalidate the wudu' due to the absence of menstruation. As for if it is without a barrier, if it is with desire, if it is with desire, it invalidates the wudu', because touching a woman directly without a barrier with desire invalidates the wudu' in the madhhab (school of jurisprudence) of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group of scholars, because it is a place where discharge is likely to occur, and the place of likelihood is treated as the reality of the thing, just as sleep invalidates the wudu' because it is a place where the state of impurity is likely to occur, and a person does not know. So the status of likelihood is the status of the realization of the thing. And because of His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) regarding the places of sleep: "Have you touched women," on the interpretation of those who interpreted touching as sexual intercourse. This is the position of Imam Ahmad along with a group of scholars.
So some scholars hold that touching a woman without a barrier invalidates the wudu' absolutely, whether with desire or without desire.
The presenter:
Hmm. The result is that touching her without a barrier, whether by shaking hands or otherwise, with desire invalidates it. As for solid dyes that do not reach what is underneath, this is not complete and not correct. As for if these dyes do not have a solid state and do not solidify, they do not prevent the validity of the wudu'.
Sudan, a new episode containing a collection of questions. In one of his questions, he says: What is the ruling on shaking hands with women?
Answer:
(peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with women; rather, he took their pledge of allegiance through words. Since shaking hands with women leads to fitnah (trial, discord or temptation), it is forbidden. Shaking hands with a woman who is not a mahram (a relative one may not marry) is forbidden because it leads to fitnah.
It invalidates the wudu' (the ablution for prayer). If it is through a barrier, it is forbidden, but it does not invalidate the wudu' due to the absence of menstruation. As for if it is without a barrier, if it is with desire, if it is with desire, it invalidates the wudu', because touching a woman directly without a barrier with desire invalidates the wudu' in the madhhab (school of jurisprudence) of Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and a group of scholars, because it is a place where discharge is likely to occur, and the place of likelihood is treated as the reality of the thing, just as sleep invalidates the wudu' because it is a place where the state of impurity is likely to occur, and a person does not know. So the status of likelihood is the status of the realization of the thing. And because of His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He) regarding the places of sleep: "Have you touched women," on the interpretation of those who interpreted touching as sexual intercourse. This is the position of Imam Ahmad along with a group of scholars.
So some scholars hold that touching a woman without a barrier invalidates the wudu' absolutely, whether with desire or without desire.
The presenter:
Hmm. The result is that touching her without a barrier, whether by shaking hands or otherwise, with desire invalidates it. As for solid dyes that do not reach what is underneath, this is not complete and not correct. As for if these dyes do not have a solid state and do not solidify, they do not prevent the validity of the wudu'.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 01/156 — archive.org (15:42)
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