The Ruling on Greeting a Neighbor After the Voluntary Prayer
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Question:
This questioner asks, saying: Is it a religious innovation (bid'ah) to habitually greet the person next to me after the voluntary prayer and before the iqamah (the second call, immediately before prayer)?
Answer:
It is not a bid'ah, neither doing it nor leaving it off. He greets when he reaches the row, and that is sufficient. When he reaches the row, he greets, and that is sufficient. If he shakes hands with him after the greeting from the voluntary prayer, in order to strengthen the bond with his brother and to please his brother, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
This questioner asks, saying: Is it a religious innovation (bid'ah) to habitually greet the person next to me after the voluntary prayer and before the iqamah (the second call, immediately before prayer)?
Answer:
It is not a bid'ah, neither doing it nor leaving it off. He greets when he reaches the row, and that is sufficient. When he reaches the row, he greets, and that is sufficient. If he shakes hands with him after the greeting from the voluntary prayer, in order to strengthen the bond with his brother and to please his brother, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/235 — archive.org (10:03)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.