Explaining the ruling on greeting all those present when shaking hands with them one by one, and that this is an additional innovation.

The Shaykh : These shouts remind me of another habit of some people: when they enter a gathering where the people are seated in such a way that the entrant can shake hands with every individual, he greets one person and then follows it with another greeting for the next person, and so on until he has shaken hands with all the people present. This is also an innovation, and it is an additional innovation, because the Sunnah is that when a Muslim enters a gathering, he offers a single greeting: "As-salamu alaykum," "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah," or "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh." If it is possible for him to shake hands with them, then shaking hands is a recommended practice, based on the statement of some of the Companions: . There is a hadith in *Sunan al-Tirmidhi* which I mention for the sake of its complete relevance to this topic, in the sense of the saying: "We kill two birds with one stone", meaning it aligns with what we are discussing, though its chain of narration is weak. It is: . So when the entrant comes in, the Sunnah is to offer the greeting once. Then, if it is possible for him to shake hands with those present, that is better, and even better due to the authentic hadith I mentioned earlier regarding the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). As for this weak hadith, in the case of such a weak hadith, it can be said that it is acted upon in matters of the virtues of deeds.