What is the ruling on a woman pushing her way through the men during tawaf?

Question : The questioner says: The poet stated that yesterday you answered that women commit a sin during tawaf, or something to that effect, when they touch the men. This is a difficult matter, as is the current reality. So how can one get out of it?

Answer : In truth, we complain to Allah about the poor understanding, or rather, we also complain to Allah about the poor hearing. A person comes to the gatherings of the people of knowledge, and his hearing is heavy, or he is inattentive, hearing some words and not others, or he has poor understanding and understands the speech in a way other than what was intended.
We did not say that women in tawaf do not touch the men. And we cannot say that. What I hope from those who hear the words of the people of knowledge is that they seek accuracy in transmitting them. Because we always hear people saying, "So-and-so the scholar said such and such," and when we contact that scholar, he says, "I did not say this," and he cites the poet's saying, "The defect in news is only in its narrators." This is true. No one can say, "Do not touch; the woman does not touch the man." That is impossible. But we say:
Do not push him, meaning that if she sees the crowd is tight, she stops until there is room, then she continues walking. So there is a difference between touching and pushing. We say that it is not befitting for a woman to push a man, because of the fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) feared from it, both from her and to her. We do not say that she does not touch the man. Yes.