A Slave Girl Of Medina Could Take The Prophet Wherever She Wanted By His Hand
I think its a very beautiful picture painted by these narrations, that how slave-girls always looked up to the Prophet (sws) as their elder and would consider Him (sws) to be their guardian; and how humble was the Prophet (sws) to be never bothered by such impositions and had always resolved their issues, no matter how small or big. Traditional view had to go with this narrative as mentioned by you because it goes directly against their long-held view about shaking hands with women. But honestly, there’s no room for such explanation in these narrations. Regarding shaking hands with women, this maybe helpful ( I have used these narrations aswell in my response ): Discussion 31467 • Reply 31498