What is the ruling on kissing the hand of a person of status, accompanied by some bowing of the head?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the hand-kissing is for someone of status and is accompanied by some bowing of the head, or more than that with the back, is this permissible?
Answer:
Yes. Some scholars disliked kissing the hand, saying that it is prostration, because it is a type of prostration. But the majority, as you have heard, hold that there is nothing wrong with it, because the intention is not to bow to the person, but rather to kiss his hand. And kissing his hand necessitates that he bow to it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If the hand-kissing is for someone of status and is accompanied by some bowing of the head, or more than that with the back, is this permissible?
Answer:
Yes. Some scholars disliked kissing the hand, saying that it is prostration, because it is a type of prostration. But the majority, as you have heard, hold that there is nothing wrong with it, because the intention is not to bow to the person, but rather to kiss his hand. And kissing his hand necessitates that he bow to it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [205 -954] ما حكم تقبيل يد صاحب الشأن ويكون معه بعض الانحناء بالرأس؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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