Answered by: Alimah Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah
Question
What are the errors in shaking a lady’s hands in Islam with reference to Qur’an?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
When either the man or the woman is young and there’s is a higher possibility of either of them experiencing lust, it is not permissible for a man to touch the face or the hands of a non-mahram woman, even if he trusts himself that his desires won’t overcome him. On the other hand, if he is an old man, and trust himself (that he won’t feel aroused), and trusts the woman as well, then there is nothing wrong with shaking her hands. If he doesn’t trust himself, or the woman, in regards to getting aroused, then he must abstain.[1]
Only Allah knows best
Written by Alimah Siddiqa al-Farsiyyah
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham
[1][Al-Hidayah 2/458, Al-Misbah]
[Al-Hindiyyah 5/378, Al-Maktabah Al-Faisal]
وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُ أَنْ يَمَسَّ وَجْهَهَا، وَلَا كَفَّهَا، وَإِنْ كَانَيَأْمَنُ الشَّهْوَةَ وَهَذَا إذَا كَانَتْ شَابَّةً تُشْتَهَى، فَإِنْكَانَتْ لَا تُشْتَهَى لَا بَأْسَ بِمُصَافَحَتِهَا وَمَسِّ يَدِهَا، كَذَا فِي
الذَّخِيرَةِ. وَكَذَلِكَ إذَا كَانَ شَيْخًا يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ وَعَلَيْهَا فَلَا بَأْسَ بِأَنْ يُصَافِحَهَا، وَإِنْ كَان لَا يَأْمَنُ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَوْ عَلَيْهَا فَلْيَجْتَنِبْ