What is the ruling on bending in greeting?

Question:
Bending in greeting?

Answer:
It is not permissible, no, one does not bend in greeting, except if he is sitting and he settles down to greet him or kiss him. As for bending when greeting, no, he greets while standing upright, shaking hands or embracing. It was mentioned in a weak hadith that a man said: "O Messenger of Allah, when a man meets his brother, does he bend to him?" He said: . He said: "Does he hold him and kiss him?" He said: . He said: "Does he take his hand and shake it?" He said: .
So shaking hands is more complete, and if he embraces him as mentioned in the authentic hadith, there is no harm in doing so when someone returns from a journey. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“The Companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when they returned from a journey, would embrace one another, and when they met on the road, they would shake hands.” And Fatimah, when she entered upon her father (peace and blessings be upon him), he would stand up to her, kiss her, take her hand, and seat her in his place. And when she entered upon him, she would stand up to him, kiss him, and take his hand (peace and blessings be upon him). The point is that there is no harm in kissing on the head, or kissing between the eyes, when returning from a journey, during an embrace, or with one’s mother or father; there is no harm in kissing. And embracing is better on the neck; he says: this one on his neck and this one on his neck; it is called embracing. And Abu Bakr al-Siddiq used to kiss his daughter Aishah on her cheek; when he came to her while she was ill, he kissed her on her cheek (may Allah be pleased with him)..