shook hands

[Thinker]

Hmmm - at the risk of irritating the person deleting my posts - I ask the same question (again but in a different way) - - - is every hadith to be read literally? Could it not be that when someone says 'touch the hand' they might be using a euphemism for hand meaning something more than hand e.g. ***. As it is the case that some people believe that when God told Adam not to eat the apple he actually didn’t prohibit the eating of apples, he used apple as a euphemism for *** with Eve..

 

[Na7lah]

yes, some hadiths are meant to be taken literally, in this case, the Prophet himself did not shake the hands of women, so we follow his example

 

[AnonymousPoster]

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I made it.

 

[crayon]

Whenever a guy reaches out to shake my hand I just smile and say "I'm sorry, I don't shake hands with men". Some are taken aback at first, but if time permits I explain, and they understand. No one has ever been offended, at least not visibly.

 

[Afraa]

lol, that happened to my cousin once. It was so funny.

 

[Najm]

AsSalamOAlaikum WaRehmatuAllah WaBarkatuhu

Humm, customs are customs, if i dont want to shake hands with females, then you must have a good reason, and of course we do>>> we are not allowed to>>> SIMPLE!! AND this goes for male teachers who are touchy feely, tell them its a NO NO:raging:

Understanding people will never be offended.....i found it to be quiet the opposite. I remember last when i went to an interview, and the interviewer who was a lady, who wanted a hand shake. I simply told her, and she was kool with it. In fact she said i respect those who hold strong to their beliefs. When we tell people why we dont handshake, lets do it in a polite manner and not be rude about it. Alhamdulillah people will understand

May we all try our uppermost to hold on to the rope of Allah(Subhana Wa'Tala). Ameen

FiAmaaniAllah