Greeting and shaking hands with a group: Does one start with the right or the eldest?
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The questioner : ...Does one start from the right or from the left?
The Shaykh : One starts, what?
The questioner : He greets from his right...
The Shaykh : This issue requires investigation: if you enter upon a group of people, is it from the Sunnah to shake hands with them?
As for if he meets you or stands with you, there is nothing wrong with that.
The questioner : I mean, he was a traveler and was coming from a journey.
The Shaykh : I mean, you corrected it, O Majhub. The important thing is that he starts with the eldest, knowing that the one coming from a journey is the one to whom the greeting is returned, not the one who initiates the greeting to the people himself.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Are they sitting in the street?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, this one starts with the eldest.
The Shaykh : One starts, what?
The questioner : He greets from his right...
The Shaykh : This issue requires investigation: if you enter upon a group of people, is it from the Sunnah to shake hands with them?
As for if he meets you or stands with you, there is nothing wrong with that.
The questioner : I mean, he was a traveler and was coming from a journey.
The Shaykh : I mean, you corrected it, O Majhub. The important thing is that he starts with the eldest, knowing that the one coming from a journey is the one to whom the greeting is returned, not the one who initiates the greeting to the people himself.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : Are they sitting in the street?
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, this one starts with the eldest.