*   It is Makruh to kiss your own hand after shaking hands. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, Part 16, p. 115, summarised) However, if a person kissed their hand for blessings after shaking the hands of a righteous person, then it will not be Makruh, just as A’la Hadrat رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states: If one shook hands with another person and then kissed his own hand for blessings, there is no reason to prohibit it when the person whose hand was shook is from those individuals from whom blessings are taken. (Jad-ul-Mumtar ala Rad-ul-Muhtar, vol. 7, p. 65, Maqolah: 4683 az Nayki ki Da’wat, p. 329)

*   It is Sunnah for there not to be any barrier, such as a handkerchief, between the hands when shaking hands; both palms should be empty and the palms should touch each other. (Bahar-e-Shari’at, Part 16, p. 98)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Method of collective Fikr-e-Madinah (72 Madani In’amaat)

Saying of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم: Pondering (over the Hereafter) for a moment is better than the worship of 60 years.

(Al-Jami’-us-Sagheer, pp. 365, Hadith 5897)

Let’s make ‘good intentions’ before filling in the Madani In’amaat booklet:

1.   To please Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, I will carry out today’s Fikr-e-Madinah (i.e. self-accountability) myself through the Madani In’amaat booklet and persuade others as well.

2.   I will praise (i.e. thank) Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ for the Madani In’amaat which I acted upon.

3.   I will be regretful about the Madani In’amaat which I did not act upon and try to act on them in the future.