{"_id":"691f3913ea251b8dbadce911","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is physical contact between non-mahram men and women explicitly forbidden?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"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.\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"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. (\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://quran.com/24/30-31\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"Surah An-Nur, 30-31\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\")\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Allah (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.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"If 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.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"As for hadiths that are more authentic:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"“By Allah, the hand of the Messenger of Allah never touched the hand of any woman who was not his mahram.” (\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:7214\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"Bukhari \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"and \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://sunnah.com/muslim:1866a\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"Muslim\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\")\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{},\"quillNewline\":{},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"“I do not shake the hands of women” (\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2874\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"Fathu-l-Bari\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\")\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff10b76658b4c2329d2","tag":"Relationships: Opposite Gender","count":90},{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a80","tag":"Seerah: Sunnah and Hadith","count":89}],"createdOn":"2025-11-20T15:51:47.313Z"}