حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا
مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ
أَبِي دَاوُدَ ، قَالَ : لَقِيتُ
الْبَرَاءَ بْنَ عَازِبٍ ، فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ ، وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي ، وَضَحِكَ فِي وَجْهِي ، قَالَ : تَدْرِي لِمَ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا بِكَ ؟ قَالَ : قُلْتُ : لَا أَدْرِي ، وَلَكِنْ لَا أَرَاكَ فَعَلْتَهُ إِلَّا لِخَيْرٍ ، قَالَ : إِنَّهُ لَقِيَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَفَعَلَ بِي مِثْلَ الَّذِي فَعَلْتُ بِكَ ، فَسَأَلَنِي ، فَقُلْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ لِي ، فَقَالَ :
" مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ ، فَيُسَلِّمُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ وَيَأْخُذُ بِيَدِهِ ، لَا يَأْخُذُهُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ، لَا يَتَفَرَّقَانِ ، حَتَّى يُغْفَرَ لَهُمَا " .
Abu Dawood (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I met Hazrat Bara bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him), he greeted me with Salam and held my hand and started smiling in front of me. Then he said, "Do you know why I did this with you?" I said, "I do not know, but surely you must have done it with a good intention." He said, "Once I met the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he did the same with me and asked me the same question, and I gave the same answer as you did. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, 'When two Muslims meet and one of them greets the other with Salam and holds his hand solely for the sake of Allah's pleasure, then when they part, their sins are forgiven.'"