The Ruling on Handshaking After the Closing Salam of Prayer

The questioner:
Shaykh, may Allah reward you, I have a statement by Ibn Taymiyyah regarding shaking hands after the taslim. Shall I read it, Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
I have a statement by Ibn Taymiyyah regarding handshaking after the salam. Shall I read it, Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
Yes.

The questioner:
Or not? The Shaykh of Islam was asked about handshaking immediately after the prayer: is it a recommended practice (sunnah) or not? He answered: Praise be to Allah. Handshaking immediately after the prayer

The Shaykh:
immediately after the prayer, yes.

The questioner:
And the prayer itself is not a recommended practice (sunnah); rather, it is a religious innovation (bid'ah). And Allah knows best.

The Shaykh:
This is undoubtedly a transmission by Ibn 'Azam that is subject to scrutiny, because handshaking is a recommended practice (sunnah). Shaykh Taqiy al-Din is a scholar among scholars, and he may err or make a mistake. It is also possible that Ibn 'Azam did not complete the transmission in his own handwriting. Handshaking is a recommended practice (sunnah) upon meeting. If one meets another in prayer, and then after the salam they shake hands, there is no harm. As for believing that it is a recommended practice (sunnah) and shaking hands and sitting with him, it has no clear basis. If one shakes hands after the prayer, it is a distraction. It is a distraction. One may shake hands after the prayer as well, but the important thing is: if he comes and the imam is in prayer, and he prays and then shakes hands, this is a recommended practice (sunnah), because this is the time of meeting. When he first arrived, he was occupied with the prayer and did not shake hands with his brother. He said takbir in the prayer. The imam came in the prayer, or his brother came to pray, and then after finishing, he greeted him with a handshake. It was said regarding the women, may Allah be pleased with them, that he used to Thus said al-Shabbi: It seems that when he met the Companions, he shook hands with them, peace and blessings be upon him. Therefore, when the Bedouin greeted the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the Prophet returned the greeting, then said, "Go back and pray." Then he prayed. He went back and prayed, then came and greeted him, and the Prophet returned the greeting to him the second time. Then he came and greeted him, and the Prophet returned the greeting. The salam does not come to the Prophet. Good. But he believes that this is a special handshake. When we finish the obligatory prayer, some people, when they give the salam, can drive you away from the day they give the salam, before they give the salam, and before they drive you away. This is not necessary. But if he settles down, and finishes settling down, and describes what was valid previously, it is valid. How are you? How are your children? Good.

The questioner:
More.

The Shaykh:
After, upon meeting. Upon meeting means when you meet in a valid state. So when he gives the salam from the voluntary prayer before the obligatory prayer, he shakes hands. It is all fine.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you.

The Shaykh:
This desire does not suffice against the devil. The religion is either distorted, or invalid, or distorted.

The questioner:
The militia.

The Shaykh:
It may be forbidden. Ibn Ja'far, may Allah have mercy on him, did not grasp it.

The questioner:
I.

The Shaykh:
It means it is deficient, meaning it is forbidden. And it seems she intended the one who greeted him and met him, but he greeted him. But he can bear from the day of Saturday to greet before he says the takbir, and before he does it. This is not a distinction.

The questioner:
Good. Do we take the Shaykh's statement to apply to the obligatory prayer, Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
It is done with good intention, if it is correct, if the handwriting is correct.