رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 886
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- 43
Chapter 13
Chapter context: The Excellence of Shaking Hands When Greeting Someone
- باب استحباب المصافحة عند اللقاء وبشاشة الوجه وتقبيل يد الرجل الصالح وتقبيل ولده شفقة ومعانقة القادم من سفر وكراهية الانحناء
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Original Arabic
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال: لما جاء أهل اليمن قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : “قد جاءكم أهل اليمن، وهم أول من جاء بالمصافحة" ((رواه أبو داود بإسناد صحيح)).
Translation
English translation
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
When the people of Yemen came, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The people of Yemen have visited you. They are the first to introduce the tradition of handshaking." [Abu Dawud].
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This is Hadith 886 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 6, The Book of Greetings, as in-book entry 43 under the chapter “The Excellence of Shaking Hands When Greeting Someone.”
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