If a person enters a gathering, let him greet them all
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Question : May Allah reward you with good for another question. Yes, may Allah preserve you, Honorable Shaykh. The sister mentions that she is a teacher, and when she enters the teachers' room, she shakes hands with the teachers daily?
Answer : The sunnah (recommended practice), as far as we know, is that when a man enters a gathering, he does not greet them one by one and shake their hands. Rather, he enters and gives the salam generally, and sits where the gathering ends or in the place prepared for him to sit. If someone wants to greet him, there is no blame on him. As for starting with the first man and walking along shaking hands like that,
Answer : The sunnah (recommended practice), as far as we know, is that when a man enters a gathering, he does not greet them one by one and shake their hands. Rather, he enters and gives the salam generally, and sits where the gathering ends or in the place prepared for him to sit. If someone wants to greet him, there is no blame on him. As for starting with the first man and walking along shaking hands like that,
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 1775- إذا دخل الشخص على مجلس فليسلم عليهم جميعاَ /سؤال على الهاتف 📞 /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com
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