Question
Kindly provide the reference and authenticity of the following Hadith:
“That a needle is inserted in your head is better than you touching a woman who is not permissible for you to touch”
Answer
Sayyiduna Ma’qil ibn Yasar (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“It is better that a metal needle be thrust in your head, rather than you touching a strange woman”
(Al Mu’jamul Kabir, Hadith: 486, 487, vol. 20 and Shu’abul Iman with slight addition in the wording, Hadith: 5072)
‘Allamah Mundhiri and Hafiz Haythami (rahimahumallah) have declared the narrators in Tabarani as reliable.
(Targhib, vol. 3, pg. 39 and Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 4, pg. 326)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar