Attn Muslims: Do you shake hands with the females

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Do you shake hands with the ladies

After watching a 5 minute video of what I presume is an Islamic scholar, following is what I concluded:

i) - Shaking hands with a female is haram
ii) - Drinking water with the left hand is haram

Though I worded the thread poorly, I would encourage the muslim ladies of TSR to participate as well :biggrin:

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Reply 1

BWV1007

I'm guessing the answer is no.

Reply 2

ODES_PDES

Not Muslim here.
I did not that.

Reply 3

Proxenus

I hope this is not true

Reply 4

HAnwar

Why does it concern you with what hand we eat/drink...?

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Reply 5

gr8wizard10

it is haram, unless it's your immediate family

Reply 6

TreeFellOnMe

I did not know it is forbidden. Oh well, I don't see the harm in it and would rather go ahead rather than make them feel like they're too insignificant to shake my hand.

Reply 7

sjohnson98

Original post by TreeFellOnMe

I did not know it is forbidden. Oh well, I don't see the harm in it and would rather go ahead rather than make them feel like they're too insignificant to shake my hand.

As a girl, I'd be a bit frustrated because I've always felt that religious rules banning such innocent contact with between the sexes are outdated and rooted in misogyny, but I think if someone said it was for religious reasons, I'd be okay with it. I judge the rule, not the person who follows it, so long as they're not following a rule that truly hurts others (that goes for any religion or set of beliefs).

Reply 8

Student403

I shake hands with anyone who offers it because I don't want to make conversation awkward

Reply 9

TaintedLight

Original post by HAnwar

Why does it concern you with what hand we eat/drink...?

funny how you feel so insecure (?) with a question on the internet ^_*

Original post by TreeFellOnMe

I did not know it is forbidden. Oh well, I don't see the harm in it and would rather go ahead rather than make them feel like they're too insignificant to shake my hand.

So offer a hand with a chance that it may be declined? :biggrin:

Idk if that ever happened to me I would feel so awkward might as well never extend my hand.

Reply 10

username996405

I remember being told when I was younger that I shouldn't shake hands with a male even if it was for something necessary such as a job/uni interview.
Imo, that's a little ridiculous.
1) It looks awkward keeping your hands by your side. Cue the awkward silence...or would any of you actually say "sorry, I can't shake your hand"?
2) It doesn't give a very good jmpression especially if they decided to offer you a job/place.
:dontknow:

Reply 11

Oilfreak1

No, girls are smelly.

Reply 12

Student403

Original post by Mochassassin

This actually happened to me at my interview for one of my unis. I tried to shake hands with my interviewer but she awkwardly ignored it.

Most awkward start ever.

Reply 13

champ_mc99

I shake hands if they initiate it.

Reply 14

Milzime

wait people actually cannot shake hands with the opposite sex because of their religion(?)

guys, I'm sure you're faith is great, and I honestly mean that, but isn't that kind of excessive?

Reply 15

Marzy-Sama

Original post by TaintedLight

After watching a 5 minute video of what I presume is an Islamic scholar, following is what I concluded:

i) - Shaking hands with a female is haram
ii) - Drinking water with the left hand is haram
# - If you do the above, you're influenced by the devil

Though I worded the thread poorly, I would encourage the muslim ladies of TSR to participate as well :biggrin:

I am a lady, so it's not haram. XD

Drinking water/ eating food with left hand id disliked. Not forbidden.
But yeah, for a woman, touching a non-mahram is haram.

Reply 16

DesiGirl31

I do shake hands with males when its necessary.. other than that guys usually get a "hi" and a wave from me in uni.
Unless theyre the guy whose been in my lectures this year and needs to constantly hug me each time i leave :facepalm:

I donr mind but i should :cry2:

😍

Reply 17

digistar_100

It's haraam to have any sort of skin contact with someone from the opposite gender who isn't your close relative. It allows Shaytaan to tempt you to have thoughts which could result in you commiting a much major sin further down the line such as fornication or adultery. Therefore as a precaution all Muslims should not allow this to happen even though it may be common in the west but this can be said for most things like music and drinking.