{"_id":"691f3913ea251b8dbadce911","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is physical contact between non-mahram men and women explicitly forbidden?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Regarding physical contact between opposite genders, you mentioned that the Prophet ﷺ explicitly forbade it. Can you provide examples? I have heard the hadith saying it is better to be stabbed with an iron needle, but I also heard that it is weak. I know that it is Sunnah that the Prophet ﷺ did not touch non-mahram women, but is there specific daleel that this is haram? I am not challenging the ruling; I just want to understand clearly so I can follow it with confidence.\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"O Prophet, Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and guard their chastity. That is purer for them. Surely Allah is All-Aware of what they do...And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their chastity, and not to reveal their adornments except what normally appears. (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/24/30-31\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Surah An-Nur, 30-31\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nAllah (SWT) has commanded the believing men and women to lower their gaze and guard their chastity. This verse establishes a general principle of modesty and of maintaining proper boundaries between the genders.\\n\\nIf we are commanded to lower our gaze in order to maintain modesty, then physical contact would, a fortiori, also be prohibited. This has always been the practice of Muslims and the consensus of Muslim scholars.\\n\\nAs for hadiths that are more authentic:\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"“By Allah, the hand of the Messenger of Allah never touched the hand of any woman who was not his mahram.” (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7214\",\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Bukhari \"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"and \"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/muslim:1866a\",\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Muslim\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"“I do not shake the hands of women” (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2874\",\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Fathu-l-Bari\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329d2","tag":"Relationships: Opposite Gender","count":80},{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a80","tag":"Seerah: Sunnah and Hadith","count":68}],"createdOn":"2025-11-20T15:51:47.313Z"}