What is the evidence for prohibiting the adoption of hugging as a custom, as people do after the Eid prayer?
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The questioner : We want the second question: What is the evidence for the prohibition regarding holding on and hugging at all times?
The Shaykh : What is the evidence for the prohibition?
The questioner : Ah, the prohibition means, for example, now some people, or those engaged in Islamic da'wah, after finishing the Eid prayer, they adopt hugging and holding on instead of kissing, and some of them kiss and hold on.
The Shaykh : I think you agree with us regarding his saying (peace be upon him).
The questioner : (peace be upon him).
The Shaykh :Sahih Muslim 867a .
The questioner : There is no doubt.
The Shaykh : Yes, so my assumption is then without doubt.
The questioner : Without doubt, yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, if that is the case, do you know that among his Sunnah (peace be upon him) is this which you are asking about its evidence?
The questioner : Yes, no, excuse me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, so no.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the answer.
The questioner : I say so in a hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : He says: "The companions of Muhammad, when they met, they shook hands, and when they returned from a journey, they embraced"; is this not a hadith of prohibition?
The Shaykh : Prohibition.
The questioner : Is this not a hadith of prohibition of hugging?
The Shaykh : No, it is not a prohibition; this is an approval of hugging after a journey.
The questioner : After a journey, as for in the city.
The Shaykh : In the city, the original ruling is prohibition, but it occurred in a rare manner from some of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and by explicit text, it is Abu al-Tayhan.
The questioner : Abu al-Tayhan, yes, when he brought them food.
The Shaykh : This is it; as long as it occurred, it indicates permissibility, but the original ruling is not to make what is permissible a custom, especially in what may enter into recommended matters.
The questioner : Meaning, if it enters into matters of longing.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, it is not continuity.
The Shaykh : It is not continuity.
The questioner : So then, this enters into religious innovations; so what about holding on during the Eids?
The Shaykh : That is correct.
The Shaykh : What is the evidence for the prohibition?
The questioner : Ah, the prohibition means, for example, now some people, or those engaged in Islamic da'wah, after finishing the Eid prayer, they adopt hugging and holding on instead of kissing, and some of them kiss and hold on.
The Shaykh : I think you agree with us regarding his saying (peace be upon him).
The questioner : (peace be upon him).
The Shaykh :
the best of the guidance is the guidance given by Muhammad
خير الهدى هدى محمدThe questioner : There is no doubt.
The Shaykh : Yes, so my assumption is then without doubt.
The questioner : Without doubt, yes.
The Shaykh : Fine, if that is the case, do you know that among his Sunnah (peace be upon him) is this which you are asking about its evidence?
The questioner : Yes, no, excuse me, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Excuse me, so no.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : This is the answer.
The questioner : I say so in a hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : He says: "The companions of Muhammad, when they met, they shook hands, and when they returned from a journey, they embraced"; is this not a hadith of prohibition?
The Shaykh : Prohibition.
The questioner : Is this not a hadith of prohibition of hugging?
The Shaykh : No, it is not a prohibition; this is an approval of hugging after a journey.
The questioner : After a journey, as for in the city.
The Shaykh : In the city, the original ruling is prohibition, but it occurred in a rare manner from some of the Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and by explicit text, it is Abu al-Tayhan.
The questioner : Abu al-Tayhan, yes, when he brought them food.
The Shaykh : This is it; as long as it occurred, it indicates permissibility, but the original ruling is not to make what is permissible a custom, especially in what may enter into recommended matters.
The questioner : Meaning, if it enters into matters of longing.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Meaning, it is not continuity.
The Shaykh : It is not continuity.
The questioner : So then, this enters into religious innovations; so what about holding on during the Eids?
The Shaykh : That is correct.
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