What is the ruling on kissing the hand?
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The Shaykh : There is nothing wrong with kissing the hand if the man is worthy of it; there is no harm in it.
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And this too, you do not greet him unless it is as if you had not greeted him before.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted: "It was narrated from Safwan ibn 'Asal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A Jew said to his companion: 'Let us go to this Prophet.' So they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about nine clear signs. The hadith was mentioned up to the point where it says: 'So they kissed his hand and his foot.'"
The student: ...
The Shaykh : And this too, you do not greet him unless it is as if you had not greeted him before.
The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon his family and his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted: "It was narrated from Safwan ibn 'Asal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: A Jew said to his companion: 'Let us go to this Prophet.' So they came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked him about nine clear signs. The hadith was mentioned up to the point where it says: 'So they kissed his hand and his foot.'"