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ahmad:18548Ibn Numayr > Mālik > Abū Dāwud

[Machine] I said, "I don't know, but I don't see you doing it unless it is for good." He said, "Indeed, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ met me, and he did to me what I did to you. He asked me, so I said the same thing you said to me." He said, "There are no two Muslims who meet each other and greet one another, holding each other's hands, except that they will not part ways until their sins are forgiven."  

أحمد:١٨٥٤٨حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ قَالَ لَقِيتُ الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَضَحِكَ فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ تَدْرِي لِمَ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا بِكَ؟ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لَا أَدْرِي وَلَكِنْ لَا أَرَاكَ فَعَلْتَهُ إِلَّا لِخَيْرٍ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَفَعَلَ بِي مِثْلَ الَّذِي فَعَلْتُ بِكَ فَسَأَلَنِي فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِيقُلْتَ لِي فَقَالَ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيُسَلِّمُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَيَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهِ لَا يَأْخُذُهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ ﷻ فَيَتَفَرَّقَانِ حَتَّى يُغْفَرَ لَهُمَا