The Ruling on Shaking Hands with Women and Its Effect on the Ablution
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. After this, a message was sent by the listener Ali Ahmad Surkan from Sudan. It is a new episode containing a collection of questions. In one of his questions, he asks: Is shaking hands with women...
Answer:
...does not invalidate the hand of the one who shakes hands with women? It is not permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with women; rather, he took their pledge of allegiance by words. And because there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in shaking hands with women, 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. As for whether it invalidates the wudu' (the ablution for prayer): if there is a barrier, it is forbidden, but it does not invalidate the wudu' because there is no direct contact. And if there is no 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 the discharge is likely to come out, 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 the 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 or "do not touch women."
According to the interpretation of those who interpreted "touching" as sexual intercourse. This is what we attribute to the consensus of the scholars. Some scholars hold that touching a woman without a barrier invalidates the wudu' absolutely, with or without desire. Yes. The result is that touching her without a barrier, whether in shaking hands or otherwise, with desire, invalidates the wudu'? No.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good. After this, a message was sent by the listener Ali Ahmad Surkan from Sudan. It is a new episode containing a collection of questions. In one of his questions, he asks: Is shaking hands with women...
Answer:
...does not invalidate the hand of the one who shakes hands with women? It is not permissible, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not shake hands with women; rather, he took their pledge of allegiance by words. And because there is fitnah (trial, discord or temptation) in shaking hands with women, 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. As for whether it invalidates the wudu' (the ablution for prayer): if there is a barrier, it is forbidden, but it does not invalidate the wudu' because there is no direct contact. And if there is no 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 the discharge is likely to come out, 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 the 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 or "do not touch women."
According to the interpretation of those who interpreted "touching" as sexual intercourse. This is what we attribute to the consensus of the scholars. Some scholars hold that touching a woman without a barrier invalidates the wudu' absolutely, with or without desire. Yes. The result is that touching her without a barrier, whether in shaking hands or otherwise, with desire, invalidates the wudu'? No.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 156 من المجموعة الأولى للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (15:33)
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