Some of the worshippers shake hands after finishing the prayer, saying to one another, “May Allah accept it,” and the other responds to them. Is there a basis for this in the Sunnah?

The questioner : He says in this question as well: Some of the worshippers shake hands after finishing the prayer, saying to one another, “May Allah accept it,” and the other responds to them. Is there a basis for this in the Sunnah?

The Shaykh : Yes. This has no basis in the Sunnah, neither in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) nor in the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. And we know of no one among the imams of the Muslims who recommended it or practiced it. Rather, what is prescribed for a person after the obligatory prayer is to seek forgiveness from Allah three times and to say: “O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor”. Then he should recite the dhikr reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) for this place. Allah the Exalted said: But if it were assumed that a person has a need for his brother, then when he finishes his tasbih, he greets him and speaks with him about his need, then there is nothing wrong with that, and it is not considered a deviation from the Sunnah. Yes.