• yemenis • rock •

It was narrated that al-Bara’ ibn ‘Aazib, raadi Allahu ‘anhu, said: The Messenger of Allaah, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “There are no two Muslims who meet and shake hands, but they will be forgiven before they part.”

Narrated and classed as hasan by al-Tirmidhi (2727); narrated by Ibn Maajah (3703); classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Targheeb, 2718.

••

Anas bin Malik said:

“When the people of Yemen came, the Prophet said: “The people of Yemen have come, and they have softer hearts than you,” and they were the first people to initiate the tradition of shaking hands.”

Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah # 527

 ••

And in the narration of Ahmad, Anas said:

“So, the Ash’aris came forth – including Abu Musa al-Ash’ari – and when they approached Madinah, they began chanting:

Tomorrow, we shall meet our beloved * Muhammad and his party

So, when they finally arrived, they shook our hands. They were the first people to initiate the tradition of shaking hands.”

Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad 3/112