Ruling on Kissing One’s Own Hand After Handshake
Source: Fatawa Ameenpuri — Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Ameenpuri
❖ Question
What is the ruling on kissing one’s own hand after shaking hands (musafahah)?
❖ Answer
الحمد لله، والصلاة والسلام علىٰ رسول الله، أما بعد!
Kissing one’s own hand after shaking hands has no basis in Shari‘ah.
◈ Scholarly Opinion
- ʿAllamah Badr al-Din al-ʿAyni al-Hanafi (855 AH) رحمه الله said:
“What the ignorant people do — kissing their own hand after meeting others (through handshake) — is makruh (disliked), and there is no concession for it.”
(Minhat al-Suluk p. 415)
◈ Conclusion
- Kissing one’s own hand after handshake is baseless and disliked.
- It has no sanction in Islam, and scholars considered it a practice of the ignorant.
ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب
