Haha. I'm a muslim, and no, shaking hands with you does not make me impure, the same way our prophet used to shake hand and have deals with his uncle, who died as a non-muslim. This believe of not shaking hand with women who are not related to u, and that u r not married to comes from some not so sure sources that the prophet had forbidden the act. Some half of the scholars say u should not, the other say the sources are weak, and it's ok to shake hands with women. Am with the latter group, i shake women's hands, and I think it's ok. However, I believe you should not take it personal if some muslim refused to shake hands, it is out of his devotion, and doesn't mean to insult. A lot of muslims here don't shake hands and we don't normally shake hands between a man and a woman by the norms only. Hope u got it. All respect from jordan ;)
Is it normal it upset me that a Muslim wouldn't shake my hand?
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Haha. I'm a muslim, and no, shaking hands with you does not make me impure, the same way our prophet used to shake hand and have deals with his uncle, who died as a non-muslim. This believe of not shaking hand with women who are not related to u, and that u r not married to comes from some not so sure sources that the prophet had forbidden the act. Some half of the scholars say u should not, the other say the sources are weak, and it's ok to shake hands with women. Am with the latter group, i shake women's hands, and I think it's ok. However, I believe you should not take it personal if some muslim refused to shake hands, it is out of his devotion, and doesn't mean to insult. A lot of muslims here don't shake hands and we don't normally shake hands between a man and a woman by the norms only. Hope u got it. All respect from jordan ;)