Vassenor wrote:El-Amin Caliphate wrote:What's a lie? That most people don't have a hand fetish?
Help himself from what?
I'm a dude myself, I can shake his hand.
If I wasn't, no, I wouldn't do that. If I thought that shaking hands with the opposite sex were haram, I'd politely decline and just put my hand on my heart and bow a little. That is, if I had the courage to do that and explain msyelf.
But that's impossible. Everyone knows that shaking hands is the only, only way for humans to show respect for each other.
Consensus gentium is not a good argument.
You are implying only western culture. But there are multiple different cultures and faiths that have various stances of hand shaking.