The Meaning of the Hadith: The Shedding of the Sins of Those Who Shake Hands and the Ruling on Handshaking
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A hadith was reported from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He says, may Allah keep you safe: Do the sins fall off even the major ones? This is the question. And does it mean that whenever he sees someone, he should greet him?
The Shaykh:
No, they do not fall off except through repentance. As for the minor ones, yes. Yes.
The questioner:
And does that mean, he says, that whenever he sees a man, it is prescribed that he shake his hand?
The Shaykh:
Yes, handshaking is good. If a tree were between them and then they met, they would shake hands. Good, yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: A hadith was reported from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When a believer meets a believer, greets him, takes his hand, and shakes it, their sins fall off just as the leaves of a tree fall off.
إن المؤمن إذا لقي المؤمن فسلم عليه وأخذ بيده فصافحه تناثرت خطاياهما كما يتناثر ورق الشجر.The Shaykh:
No, they do not fall off except through repentance. As for the minor ones, yes. Yes.
The questioner:
And does that mean, he says, that whenever he sees a man, it is prescribed that he shake his hand?
The Shaykh:
Yes, handshaking is good. If a tree were between them and then they met, they would shake hands. Good, yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان-12-02-1440هـ — alfawzan.live (1:09:20)
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