What is the interpretation of the hadith (… that it would be better for him to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle than to touch the hand of a woman who is not lawful for him)?
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Abu Layla : Abu 'Amir, I want to ask you a question, do you allow it?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : A discussion took place today with one of the young men. He asked me about the ruling on shaking hands with a non-mahram woman, so I told him, "It is not permissible, of course." He asked me for the evidence, so I mentioned to him the hadith:. He said, "In the hadith, at the end, it says 'not lawful for him,' which means like a wife or like a mother." I did not agree with this interpretation, as it is not the correct interpretation. I should mention that he took this interpretation from a book by one of our brothers named Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Isma'il, an Egyptian. He himself quoted the words from your words, O our Shaykh. He said: Al-Albani (may Allah preserve him) said: "And in the hadith is a severe warning for whoever touches a woman who is not lawful for him, so in it is evidence…" And he explained this word, saying: "And his saying 'it is better for him to touch a woman who is not lawful for him' means that it is not lawful for him to marry her." So what is the correct answer?
The Shaykh : The correct one is what you understood and what we have written, and it is supported by the fact that touching a woman who is not lawful for him to touch is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). Shaking hands with a woman is zina, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:. So this is the same; both support the prohibition of touching a non-mahram woman. So his saying "not lawful for him" means the non-mahram woman. If he shook hands with his mother or his sister or a mahram from his mahrams, it would be permissible, because it is lawful for him to shake her hand.
The questioner : So, our professor, is the interpretation of our brother who said in the book "it is not lawful for him to marry her" incorrect?
The Shaykh : Yes, definitely.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O professor.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner : A discussion took place today with one of the young men. He asked me about the ruling on shaking hands with a non-mahram woman, so I told him, "It is not permissible, of course." He asked me for the evidence, so I mentioned to him the hadith:
It would be better for one of you to be stabbed in the head with an iron needle than to touch a woman who is not lawful for him.
لأن يطعن في رأس أحدكم بمخيط من حديد خير له من أن يمس امرأة لا تحل لهThe Shaykh : The correct one is what you understood and what we have written, and it is supported by the fact that touching a woman who is not lawful for him to touch is zina (unlawful sexual intercourse). Shaking hands with a woman is zina, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A person's share of zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) has been written for him, and he will inevitably reach it. The eye commits zina, and its zina is looking. The ear commits zina, and its zina is listening. The hand commits zina, and its zina is touching.
كتب على ابن آدم حظه من الزنا فهو مدركه لا محالة ، فالعين تزني وزناها النظر ، والأذن تزني وزناها السمع ، واليد تزني وزنناها اللمسThe questioner : So, our professor, is the interpretation of our brother who said in the book "it is not lawful for him to marry her" incorrect?
The Shaykh : Yes, definitely.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O professor.
The Shaykh : And beware of that.
The questioner: Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
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