Shaking Hands __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text SHAKING HANDS Arabic musafahah مصافحة Is enjoined in the Traditions, and is founded upon the express example of Muhammad himself. AI-Bara' ibn 'Azib says the Prophet said, "There are no two Muslims who meet and shake hands but their sins will be forgiven them before they separate." ' (Mishkat, book xxii. ch. iii.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail