{"id":2074,"date":"2019-09-25T15:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2019-09-25T15:28:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T13:28:47","slug":"what-is-the-ruling-for-non-mahram-males-and-females-marriageable-kins-shaking-each-others-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/?p=2074","title":{"rendered":"What is the ruling for non-Mahram males and females (marriageable kins) shaking each others hands?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>What is the ruling for non-Mahram males and females (marriageable kins) shaking each others hands?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Q. Many Muslims shake hands with non-Mahram males and females at family gatherings, offices, workplaces, on Eid\u2019s, Jumuah\u2019s etc. Is it permissible to shake hands with non-Mahram males and females?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A.<\/strong> It is not permissible for non-Mahram (stranger) males and females to \u2018shake hands\u2019 with one another. Rasooullah Sallallahu Alayhi Wasallam said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is better for an iron rod (nail, needle etc.) to be driven into the head of a man, than for him to touch a woman who is not permissible for him.\u201d <strong>(Mu\u2019jamul Kabir)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"section the_content has_content\">\n<div class=\"section_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"the_content_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Allah Ta\u2019ala Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mufti Ismaeel Bassa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>themufti.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling for non-Mahram males and females (marriageable kins) shaking each others hands? Q. Many Muslims shake hands with non-Mahram males and females at<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,66],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-laws-of-women","category-misc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions\/2075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themufti.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}