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  • Why Does Ghamidi Sahab Say Hugging Na Mahrams Is Halal?

    Posted by Junaid Ahmed on July 29, 2026 at 5:27 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzUzXeyUT0U&t=3690s (1:01:30 timestamp in the video)

    I can understand allowing handshakes, but hugging causes sensitive and arousing body parts to come in contact. When a man and a woman hugs, her breasts will touch him and it will arouse inappropriate thoughts in him. Then why does Ghamidi Sahab allow hugging when he also says to not go anywhere near zina? Isn’t it contradictory?

    • This discussion was modified 8 hours, 43 minutes ago by  Junaid Ahmed.
    Dr. Irfan Shahzad replied 3 hours, 32 minutes ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Why Does Ghamidi Sahab Say Hugging Na Mahrams Is Halal?

  • Dr. Irfan Shahzad

    Scholar July 29, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    He has already explained the main point. If a hug is likely to arouse sexual feelings or temptation, then it should be avoided. However, if hugging is simply a cultural custom—similar to how we hug our mothers or sisters—and it does not evoke any inappropriate feelings, then it is not necessarily prohibited. Even so, avoiding such hugs may be considered the more modest and civilized approach.

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