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report: it is better for an iron rod to be driven into your head than to touch a woman not permitted to you

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Cited in 1 segment across 1 recording · 2018 · hadith/hadith:fp:da792624

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4 May 2018Clarifying False Hadith Which Insult Islam Is it haram for men and women to shake hands? Nothing in the Quran or Sunnah explicitly says shaking hands with the opposite sex is haram; that is a popular convention, not an established ruling. The iron-rod hadith is not authentic as claimed, and many scholars read its 'touch' as a euphemism for sex. Lessonposition checkedreport: it is better for an iron rod to be driven into your head than to touch a woman not permitted to youthe case of a woman refused French citizenship over her refusal to shake hands (2018)haram machine2 min 36 s0:00on YouTube