39. Marriage
٣٩۔ كِتَابُ النِّكَاحِ
Ayyub ibn Bushayr ibn Ka'b al-Adawi quoted a man of Anazah who said that he asked AbuDharr when he left Syria: I wish to ask you about a tradition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: I shall tell you except that it is something secret. Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shake hands with you when you met him? He replied: I never met him without his shaking hands with me. One day he sent for me when I was not at home. When I came I was informed that he had sent for me. I came to him and found him on a couch. He embraced me and that was better and better. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5214)
أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ ؓ حَيْثُ سُيِّرَ مِنَ الشَّامِ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذًا أُخْبِرُكَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ سِرًّا قُلْتُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِسِرٍّ هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُصَافِحُكُمْ إِذْ لَقِيتُمُوهُ؟ قَالَ مَا لَقِيتُهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا صَافَحَنِي وَبَعَثَ إِلِيَّ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ فِي أَهْلِي فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ إِلِيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ فَالْتَزَمَنِي فَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ الْحَالَةُ أَجْوَدَ وَأَجْوَدَ
[Machine] It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, should we greet each other when we meet?" He said, "No." He said, "Should we hold each other's hands?" He said, "No." He said, "Should we shake hands?" He said, "Yes, and this is something that Hanzhala As-Sudai used to do exclusively, and it was left by Yahya Al-Qattan to imitate him. And Allah knows best."
قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَيَنْحَنِي بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ إِذَا الْتَقَيْنَا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَيَلْتَزِمُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا؟ قَالَ لَا قَالَ فَيُصَافِحُ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَهَذَا يَتَفَرَّدُ بِهِ حَنْظَلَةُ السَّدُوسِيُّ وَقَدْ كَانَ اخْتَلَطَ تَرَكَهُ يَحْيَى الْقَطَّانُ لِاخْتِلَاطِهِ وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ
الشَّعْبِيِّ
[Machine] The companions of Muhammad ﷺ used to shake hands when they met, and when they returned from a journey, they would embrace each other. And Allah knows best.
كَانَ أَصْحَابُ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ إِذَا الْتَقَوْا صَافَحُوا فَإِذَا قَدِمُوا مِنْ سَفَرٍ عَانَقَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا وَاللهُ أَعْلَمُ