رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 888
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- 45
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: قال رجل: يا رسول الله، الرجل منا يلقي أخاه أو صديقه، أينحني له قال: "لا" قال: أفيلتزمه ويقبله؟فال: "لا" قال: فيأخذ بيده ويصافحه؟ قال:"نعم" ((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث حسن)).
Translation
English translation
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
A man asked: "O Messenger of Allah! When a man meets a brother or a friend, should he bow to him?" He said, "No." The man asked whether he should embrace and kiss him? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, "No." He asked whether he should hold his hand and shake it? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) replied, "Yes." [At-Tirmidhi].
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This is Hadith 888 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 6, The Book of Greetings, as in-book entry 45 under the chapter “The Excellence of Shaking Hands When Greeting Someone.”
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