I mean a very platonic sort of “professional-setting” hug with opposite sex?
Say some non-muslim hugs you as you run into them after a long time and before you know it, he/she is already at it. Since neeyat is very important in Islam, would you feel like you’ve sinned?
How do you put a halt to it? So next time you meet them would you abruptly stop them? Wouldn’t that be even more awkward?
Don’t go tauba tauba on me though, try to understand it may not be as easy as some will eventually suggest.
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LOL - no body in the world will hug you unless you yourself show
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Say some non-muslim hugs you as you run into them .
achcha ji, non muslims ko hug karo khhob. aur hum bechaaray muslamaanon ne kya qusoor kiya hai
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Show yourself what, einstein?
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achcha ji, non muslims ko hug karo khhob. aur hum bechaaray muslamaanon ne kya qusoor kiya hai
Chalo jee, now you're going to hold that against me?
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you can let them know about your reservations during casual talk...
hugging is something which takes place between close circle..
so they must know that you dont want to hug opposite sex.....
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einstein said "If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live."
Show yourself what, einstein?
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T=Tharki:hayaa:
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you can let them know about your reservations during casual talk...
hugging is something which takes place between close circle..
so they must know that you dont want to hug opposite sex.....
How'd you bring that up casually?
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I dont remember her name but there was a pakistani minister she hugged a paratrooper.....there was a big hue and cry in pakistan...
this story may lead to islamic rules against hugging of opposite sexes.....thats up to you....
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This can be super awkward sometimes. For me it's all about your intentions. Not everything is meant to be black and white in Islam, so try not to make it black and white.
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I dont remember her name but there was a pakistani minister she hugged a paratrooper.....there was a big hue and cry in pakistan... this story may lead to islamic rules against hugging of opposite sexes.....thats up to you....
We pakistani get angry when a pakistani woman hugs a non-pakistani mard. Hum kya mar ga'ye hain?
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ok you people must have faced situations when some one had offered you a drink casually....how did you face that ?
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Drinking and hugging are no where near the same thing 
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ok you people must have faced situations when some one had offered you a drink casually....how did you face that ?
Entirely different scenario buddy...it's not like a split second thing, you always have the option to decline without offending the other person.
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lol i like how you are to the point, good stuff bro!
I dont remember her name but there was a pakistani minister she hugged a paratrooper.....there was a big hue and cry in pakistan... this story may lead to islamic rules against hugging of opposite sexes.....thats up to you....
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We pakistani get angry when a pakistani woman hugs a non-pakistani mard. Hum kya mar ga'ye hain?
ji nahi pakistan ek zinda qaum hai............:D
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How about hugging a opposite sex animal ?
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Now dont be calling non-Muslims animals! :nono:
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hmmm well my male friends reached out to hug me on a few occasions like on our graduation day and I didn't push them away. It wasn't like they wrapped their arms around me and we stood there for hours.. it was more like a pat on the back and just for a second. I didn't feel as if I had sinned.
To each their own I guess... for some women, physical contact even to the extent of a handshake is haram. I don't even think twice before shaking hands with a man. For some women, hugging brother-in-laws is also haram since they're na-mehram. On the contrary, my BIL is more like a father figure to me and I just have to hug my praa whenever I see him!