What is the ruling on kissing the hand?
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The Shaykh: I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You.
The questioner : ... Imam Malik that kissing the hand is the lesser prostration, meaning do you see the permissibility of kissing the hand?
The Shaykh : I do not see it as permissible, but this permissibility is from the perspective of the spread of people’s manners, not from the perspective of custom, like kissing the forehead or kissing any part of the body; it is not befitting for us to make it a custom.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner : ... Imam Malik that kissing the hand is the lesser prostration, meaning do you see the permissibility of kissing the hand?
The Shaykh : I do not see it as permissible, but this permissibility is from the perspective of the spread of people’s manners, not from the perspective of custom, like kissing the forehead or kissing any part of the body; it is not befitting for us to make it a custom.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
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