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Does shaking hands with a man who is in a state of ihram nullify wudu?

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Shaking hands between a man and a woman does not nullify ablution (wudu), whether she is a mahram (unmarriageable kin) to him or a non-mahram (ajnabiyyah). However, shaking hands with a mahram is permissible, unlike with a non-mahram.

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