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Question : #477

Subject:	comforting opposite gender without touching
Question:	If I don't make skin contact with women, can I put my hand around her coat?
Answer:	If it is without pleasure, then it is permissible. Otherwise, it is not permissible.

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Quran 8-60 And prepare agiasnt them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allah knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged.(but you ingore the next part!) Quran 8-61 And if they incline to peace, then incline to it and rely upon Allah . Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing.