What is the ruling on shaking hands after the prayer?
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The questioner:
He says: What is the ruling on shaking hands after the prayer in the mosque in the form of a circle, and in most of the prayers? And what is the ruling on doing this in front of the mosque in the form of a circle as well?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
I mean, it is as if they gather together.
The Shaykh:
I do not know what it is. Shaking hands, you shake hands with your Muslim brother when you meet him; this is required and prescribed. As for not shaking hands unless they form a circle, if the intention is that they gather in a circle for the sake of shaking hands, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). If you meet your brother, you shake his hand, but if they gather in a circle for the sake of shaking hands, this is a bid'ah. Yes.
He says: What is the ruling on shaking hands after the prayer in the mosque in the form of a circle, and in most of the prayers? And what is the ruling on doing this in front of the mosque in the form of a circle as well?
The Shaykh:
How?
The questioner:
I mean, it is as if they gather together.
The Shaykh:
I do not know what it is. Shaking hands, you shake hands with your Muslim brother when you meet him; this is required and prescribed. As for not shaking hands unless they form a circle, if the intention is that they gather in a circle for the sake of shaking hands, this is a bid'ah (religious innovation). If you meet your brother, you shake his hand, but if they gather in a circle for the sake of shaking hands, this is a bid'ah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم المصافحة بعد الصلاة؟ #فتاوى الفوزان — youtube.com
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