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tirmidhi:2729 – Sūwayd > ʿAbdullāh > Hammām > Qatādah

that he asked Anas bin Malik: "Did the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ use to shake each other's hand?" He said, "Yes."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٧٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ هَلْ كَانَتِ الْمُصَافَحَةُ فِي أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ

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bukhari:6263 – ʿAmr b. ʿĀṣim > Hammām > Qatādah

I asked Anas, "Was it a custom of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ to shake hands with one another?" He said, "Yes."  

البخاري:٦٢٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ أَكَانَتِ الْمُصَافَحَةُ فِي أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ نَعَمْ  

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الْمُصَافَحَةِ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ عِنْدَ السَّلَامِ

ibnhibban:492 – Aḥmad b. ʿAlī b. al-Muthanná > Hudbah b. Khālid > Hammām > Qatādah

that he asked Anas bin Malik: "Did the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ use to shake each other's hand?" He said, "Yes." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2729)   

ابن حبّان:٤٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا هُدْبَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَكَانَتِ الْمُصَافَحَةُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ»