The ruling on shaking hands after prayer, and saying: (May Allah accept from us and from you)
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Question:
Your Eminence! The questioner is also from Amman, Jordan. He says: What is the ruling on greeting the person praying next to his Muslim brother after prayer, and what is the ruling on saying: (May Allah accept) after the greeting or before it? And if a person insists on saying it constantly, is it permissible for us to return the greeting to him with what he says, namely: May Allah accept from us and from you? And what is the ruling on saying that after leaving the mosque, as if he says: May Allah accept from us and from you? We ask Your Eminence to answer?
Answer:
There is no harm in that if he says to his brother: May Allah accept from us and from you, after prayer, or when leaving the mosque, or when meeting, or after the funeral prayer, or after following the funeral procession, or after the Friday prayer or otherwise. All of this is good, if Allah wills. There is no harm in that. So the Muslim prays for his brother for acceptance and forgiveness. And if he enters the mosque and prays two rak'ahs or more, then he greets the one on his right and the one on his left; this is the Sunnah. Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for the Ummah that when they meet, they should shake hands. And when they met the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they shook his hand (peace and blessings be upon him). And when the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) met each other, they shook hands . And shaking hands is a recommended practice. So if he meets his brother in the row before prayer, he shakes his hand. Or after the taslim, after he has prayed the two rak'ahs, he shakes his hand. Or after the obligatory prayer, if he did not shake his hand before that, he came and the people were in prayer, so when he prayed the obligatory prayer and said the takbir, he shakes his brother's hand. All of this is good, there is no harm in that.
As for him, when he finishes the obligatory prayer, starting to take the hand of the one on his right and left, while he has already greeted them, or he knows them and has already greeted them; this has no basis. But if he came and they were praying, and he joined them in the prayer, then when he finished the prayer and the dhikr, he shakes their hands, this is good. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
Your Eminence! The questioner is also from Amman, Jordan. He says: What is the ruling on greeting the person praying next to his Muslim brother after prayer, and what is the ruling on saying: (May Allah accept) after the greeting or before it? And if a person insists on saying it constantly, is it permissible for us to return the greeting to him with what he says, namely: May Allah accept from us and from you? And what is the ruling on saying that after leaving the mosque, as if he says: May Allah accept from us and from you? We ask Your Eminence to answer?
Answer:
There is no harm in that if he says to his brother: May Allah accept from us and from you, after prayer, or when leaving the mosque, or when meeting, or after the funeral prayer, or after following the funeral procession, or after the Friday prayer or otherwise. All of this is good, if Allah wills. There is no harm in that. So the Muslim prays for his brother for acceptance and forgiveness. And if he enters the mosque and prays two rak'ahs or more, then he greets the one on his right and the one on his left; this is the Sunnah. Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed for the Ummah that when they meet, they should shake hands. And when they met the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), they shook his hand (peace and blessings be upon him). And when the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) met each other, they shook hands . And shaking hands is a recommended practice. So if he meets his brother in the row before prayer, he shakes his hand. Or after the taslim, after he has prayed the two rak'ahs, he shakes his hand. Or after the obligatory prayer, if he did not shake his hand before that, he came and the people were in prayer, so when he prayed the obligatory prayer and said the takbir, he shakes his brother's hand. All of this is good, there is no harm in that.
As for him, when he finishes the obligatory prayer, starting to take the hand of the one on his right and left, while he has already greeted them, or he knows them and has already greeted them; this has no basis. But if he came and they were praying, and he joined them in the prayer, then when he finished the prayer and the dhikr, he shakes their hands, this is good. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, Your Eminence, the Shaykh.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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