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Is it permissible to greet women by shaking hands if the woman places her shayla or hijab on her hand to shake hands with a man?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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It is not permissible for a man to shake hands with a woman who is a stranger to him, even if the handshake is from behind a barrier. This is in emulation of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, whose hand never touched the hand of a strange woman, and who said: "Indeed, I do not shake hands with women. My word to one woman is like my word to a hundred women."

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