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The remaining sunnahs and manners of shaking hands

* When two Muslims shake hands, whatever duꜤāˈ they make will be accepted اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه. They are also forgiven before their hands separate.^{^[1]}

* By shaking hands, hatred and enmity will go away.

* You can shake hands with somebody every time you meet.

* The sunnah is to shake hands with two hands, not one.

* Some people just use their fingers when shaking hands; this is also not sunnah.

* It is disliked to kiss your own hand after shaking hands.^{^[2]} Any Islamic brothers who kiss their own palms after shaking hands should refrain from this.

* If one feels lust due to shaking hands with a young attractive boy, it is impermissible to shake hands with him. And if one experiences lust by just looking at him, even looking becomes impermissible.^{^[3]}

* When shaking hands, it is sunnah to have nothing in your hands, such as a handkerchief, for example. Both hands should be empty, with one’s palms touching the palms of the other person.^{^[4]}

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

[1] Musnad Aḥmad, vol. 4, p. 286, hadith 12,454

[2] Bahār-e-Sharīʿat, vol. 3, part 16, p. 472

[3] Durr Mukhtār, vol. 2, p. 98

[4] Bahār-e-Sharīʿat, vol. 3, part 16, p. 471

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