سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب السلام(Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي الْمُعَانَقَةِChapter: Regarding embracing.
Hadith 5214
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيل , حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ , أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ يَعْنِي خَالِدَ بْنَ ذَكْوَانَ , عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْعَدَوِيِّ , عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ عَنَزَةَ , أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ : حَيْثُ سُيِّرَ مِنْ الشَّامِ : إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَكَ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , قَالَ : إِذًا أُخْبِرُكَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ سِرًّا , قُلْتُ : إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِسِرٍّ , هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَافِحُكُمْ إِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُ ؟ قَالَ : مَا لَقِيتُهُ قَطُّ إِلَّا صَافَحَنِي , وَبَعَثَ إِلَيَّ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَلَمْ أَكُنْ فِي أَهْلِي , فَلَمَّا جِئْتُ , أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ أَرْسَلَ لِي , فَأَتَيْتُهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى سَرِيرِهِ , فَالْتَزَمَنِي , فَكَانَتْ تِلْكَ أَجْوَدَ وَأَجْوَدَ " .
Narrated Abu Dharr: Ayyub ibn Bushayr ibn Kab al-Adawi quoted a man of Anazah who said that he asked Abu Dharr when he left Syria: I wish to ask you about a tradition of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: I shall tell you except that it is something secret. Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ shake hands with you when you met him? He replied: I never met him without his shaking hands with me. One day he sent for me when I was not at home. When I came I was informed that he had sent for me. I came to him and found him on a couch. He embraced me and that was better and better.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration does not establish the permissibility of embracing (mu‘anaqah), because this narration is weak. Similarly, there is a narration in Sunan al-Tirmidhi that when Harithah radi Allahu anhu came to Madinah and met the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam embraced him and kissed him; this narration is also weak.
Apparently, there is no authentic marfu‘ (attributed directly to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) hadith established in this regard. However, the following report from Anas radi Allahu anhu is transmitted with a sound chain, in which he describes the practice of the Companions: when they met each other, they would shake hands (musafahah), and when they returned from a journey, they would embrace each other (mu‘anaqah).
This narration does not establish the permissibility of embracing (mu‘anaqah), because this narration is weak. Similarly, there is a narration in Sunan al-Tirmidhi that when Harithah radi Allahu anhu came to Madinah and met the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the Messenger sallallahu alayhi wa sallam embraced him and kissed him; this narration is also weak.
Apparently, there is no authentic marfu‘ (attributed directly to the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) hadith established in this regard. However, the following report from Anas radi Allahu anhu is transmitted with a sound chain, in which he describes the practice of the Companions: when they met each other, they would shake hands (musafahah), and when they returned from a journey, they would embrace each other (mu‘anaqah).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5214
