Is it permissible to shake hands with women?
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The Shaykh : Do you mean the Jordanian greeting or the religious one?
The questioner : No, the Jordanian greeting.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, it is not permissible; only the religious greeting is permissible.
The questioner : What do you mean by the religious greeting?
The Shaykh : Ah, so you didn't understand the question. Go back to your question and let us see.
The questioner : I mean, for example.
The Shaykh : No, say for example, I am telling you to go back to your question.
The questioner : Is it permissible, I mean, to greet the wife's sister?
The Shaykh : Do you mean by greeting the Jordanian greeting or the religious one?
The questioner : No, what is customary among people in Jordan, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is customary?
The questioner : Shaking hands.
The Shaykh : So that is why I asked you this question.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And based on your statement that you mean by greeting the Jordanian greeting, I told you it is not permissible.
The questioner : I mean, we need the religious evidence so that...
The Shaykh : And the opponents, I mean, will they submit their thinking to the religious evidence?
The questioner : Perhaps they are from the common people.
The Shaykh : You have to look after yourself, my brother. May Allah guide you. Look after yourself. Are you convinced that it is not permissible?
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because the prohibition is that it is permissible to have a permanent prohibition on forbidden things. It is permissible for me to greet them, but... it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Well, what if I tell him this, and the one who is opposing you does not get convinced by it?
The questioner : No, he will get convinced. It is permissible. He does not get convinced.
The Shaykh : He does not get convinced. Well, if we tell him that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 5288, will you be convinced?
The questioner : Perhaps... the evidence, if Allah wills, will convince him.
The Shaykh : Good. And also, if we tell him that he (peace and blessings be upon him), when he took the pledge of allegiance from the men and then from the women, some of the women asked him to shake hands with them in the pledge as he had shaken hands... as he had shaken hands with the men, so he (peace and blessings be upon him), refusing, and he is the purest of people, from having his hand touch the hand of a woman who is not lawful for him, said to the woman The questioner : e andThe student : from shaking hands with him, he (peace be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 2874Sahih (Darussalam).
The questioner : Yes, well, Shaykh, what is the religious greeting?
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : I mean, by gesture...
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you. Do you know what the religious greeting is?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Do you know?
The questioner : You know, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace. Do you have anything else?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you peace.
The questioner : No, the Jordanian greeting.
The Shaykh : May Allah forgive you, it is not permissible; only the religious greeting is permissible.
The questioner : What do you mean by the religious greeting?
The Shaykh : Ah, so you didn't understand the question. Go back to your question and let us see.
The questioner : I mean, for example.
The Shaykh : No, say for example, I am telling you to go back to your question.
The questioner : Is it permissible, I mean, to greet the wife's sister?
The Shaykh : Do you mean by greeting the Jordanian greeting or the religious one?
The questioner : No, what is customary among people in Jordan, I mean.
The Shaykh : Yes, what is customary?
The questioner : Shaking hands.
The Shaykh : So that is why I asked you this question.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : And based on your statement that you mean by greeting the Jordanian greeting, I told you it is not permissible.
The questioner : I mean, we need the religious evidence so that...
The Shaykh : And the opponents, I mean, will they submit their thinking to the religious evidence?
The questioner : Perhaps they are from the common people.
The Shaykh : You have to look after yourself, my brother. May Allah guide you. Look after yourself. Are you convinced that it is not permissible?
The questioner: Of course.
The Shaykh : Why?
The questioner : Because the prohibition is that it is permissible to have a permanent prohibition on forbidden things. It is permissible for me to greet them, but... it is not permissible.
The Shaykh : Well, what if I tell him this, and the one who is opposing you does not get convinced by it?
The questioner : No, he will get convinced. It is permissible. He does not get convinced.
The Shaykh : He does not get convinced. Well, if we tell him that Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) said:
and hand of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) never touched the hand of any woman
ما مسَّت يدُ النبي - صلى الله عليه وسلم - يدَ امرأةٍ قطThe questioner : Perhaps... the evidence, if Allah wills, will convince him.
The Shaykh : Good. And also, if we tell him that he (peace and blessings be upon him), when he took the pledge of allegiance from the men and then from the women, some of the women asked him to shake hands with them in the pledge as he had shaken hands... as he had shaken hands with the men, so he (peace and blessings be upon him), refusing, and he is the purest of people, from having his hand touch the hand of a woman who is not lawful for him, said to the woman The questioner : e andThe student : from shaking hands with him, he (peace be upon him) said:
But I do not shake hands with women.
إني لا أصافح النساءThe questioner : Yes, well, Shaykh, what is the religious greeting?
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner : I mean, by gesture...
The Shaykh : Peace be upon you. Do you know what the religious greeting is?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Do you know?
The questioner : You know, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : What is it?
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace. Do you have anything else?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh: Peace be upon you.
The questioner: And upon you peace.
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