Handshake in the Sunnah: One Hand or Both? Sharʿi Guidance
Source: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil in the Light of Qur’an and Hadith, Vol. 1, p. 532
Question:
Is handshaking established with one hand or both?
Answer:
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu was-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd!
Handshaking is established with one hand.
For details, refer to the treatise of the commentator of Tirmidhi, Mawlānā ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Mubārakpuri: al-Maqālah al-Ḥusnā fī Sunnīyat al-Muṣāfaḥah bi’l-Yad al-Yumnā.
