Shaking Hands

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When you meet each other, receive each other with the greeting of peace (salam) and a handshake, and when you part company, do so by seeking each others forgiveness.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Shake hands with each other for verily the handshake takes away resentment.

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Shake hands with each other for verily it takes away rancour.

Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘When a man shakes his companions hand, the one who holds on the longest has the greater reward than the one who lets go. Indeed sins fall off from between them [as a result of it] until finally no sin remains.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘The [early] Muslims were such that when they went on conquests with the Prophet (SAWA) and traversed through dense forests, as they would come back out into the open, they would look at each other and shake each others hands.

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘When the Prophet (SAWA) used to shake someones hand, he would never be the first to let go, until the other person let go of his hand.