سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الخراج والفيء والإمارةTribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai Wal-Imarah)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْبَيْعَةِChapter: What Has Been Related About The Bai’ah (Pledge of Allegiance).
Hadith 2941
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْه أخبرته عن بَيْعَةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ النِّسَاءَ ، قَالَتْ : مَا مَسَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَدَ امْرَأَةٍ قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا فَإِذَا أَخَذَ عَلَيْهَا فَأَعْطَتْهُ ، قَالَ : "اذْهَبِي فَقَدْ بَايَعْتُكِ " .
Narrated Aishah: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never touched the hand of woman, but he received the oath of allegiance from her. When he received the oath of allegiance from her, she gave it to him, and he said: Go, I have received your oath of allegiance.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), while being like a father to the members of the Ummah, did not shake hands with unrelated women (ajnabi women) even in such an important legal matter as the pledge of allegiance (bay‘ah). Others should be even more cautious. Similarly, it is obligatory upon women as well to avoid shaking hands and mixing with unrelated men (non-mahram men).
2.
It is permissible to converse with unrelated women regarding permissible matters of necessity, while observing the proper Islamic etiquette.
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam), while being like a father to the members of the Ummah, did not shake hands with unrelated women (ajnabi women) even in such an important legal matter as the pledge of allegiance (bay‘ah). Others should be even more cautious. Similarly, it is obligatory upon women as well to avoid shaking hands and mixing with unrelated men (non-mahram men).
2.
It is permissible to converse with unrelated women regarding permissible matters of necessity, while observing the proper Islamic etiquette.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2941
