Can you please comment on the authenticity of this hadith and provide its reference.
Rasulullah S.A.W. said “It is better for a man that a steel nail be driven through the centre of his head….rather than if he touches the palm of a strange women” Rasulullah S.A.W. said “It is better for a man that a steel nail be driven through the centre of his head….rather than if he touches the palm of a strange women”
The hadith in question is a narration of Ma’qil ibn Yasaar (Radhiallahu Anhu) who narrates that Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi wasallam) said: “It 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.” The hadith is narrated by the great Hafiz of Hadith , at-Tabrani, in his al-Mu’jam al-Kabir (Vol.20 Pg.211) and by the Muhaddith al-Ruyaani, in his Musnad (Vol.2 Pg.323).
This narration has been classified as Sahih (authentic) by Allamah ibn Hajr al-Haitami in his az-Zawajir while both Hafiz Munzhiri in his at-Targheeb wat Tarheeb (Vol.3 Pg.26) and Hafiz Nuruddeen Haithami in Majma’uz Zawaid (Vo.4 Pg.326) have classified all its narrators as reliable narrators of Sahih Muslim.
and Allah Ta’ala Knows Best
Mufti Husain Kadodia
STUDENT: Darul Ifta
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