Question:
salaam
Someone told me that the Hanafi position in hajj is that if a man touches a woman accidently, his hajj is not accepted while Imam Shafi said it is makruh. What is the truth to this? What do the Hanafis and Shafis really say on this matter?
thank you
Answer:
salam `alaykum,
This is incorrect, accidental touch is inconsequential in the Hanafi madhhab but annuls wudu’ in the Shafi`i. In either case the Hajj is still valid.
Hajj Gibril Haddad
