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**infollafago** · 03-11-2009, 12:56 PM

WA wr wb..

What we can do is say that we don't shake w/ opposite gender because of religious reasons. Usually, this works well if you smile and say sorry, and not a sorry of i can't shake your hand but a sorry that she didn't know the laws of monotheistic religions and embarrassed herself. I heard many followers of today's Judaism don't shake w/ opposite genders either, so this will help you explain if they are one of the very few who asks, "why not."

According to a hadith it says something like we can shake w/ opposite gender if we have a glove on and without squeezing or applying pressure...Allah knows best.

03-11-2009, 12:56 PM	#27
infollafago Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	WA wr wb.. What we can do is say that we don't shake w/ opposite gender because of religious reasons. Usually, this works well if you smile and say sorry, and not a sorry of i can't shake your hand but a sorry that she didn't know the laws of monotheistic religions and embarrassed herself. I heard many followers of today's Judaism don't shake w/ opposite genders either, so this will help you explain if they are one of the very few who asks, "why not." According to a hadith it says something like we can shake w/ opposite gender if we have a glove on and without squeezing or applying pressure...Allah knows best.
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