Shaking hands with the strangers of opposite sex is forbidden - Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

Muslims (companions) misunderstood the speech of the Prophet on the day of Ghadeer.

The Quran encourages us to expose the reality of those who are followed by exhorting the followers to be aware of the faults of the oppressors no matter how strong and influential they would appear to be.

In the speech on the day of Ghadeer, The Messenger of God (SAW) indicated the preference of Imam Ali's (AS) khilafah and did not make it obligatory.