- Greetings of the Companions - Al-Sha’bi reports, “When the Companions of Muhammad – Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him – used to meet, they would shake hands; and when returning from travels, they would hug one another.” Shaykh Al-Albani states in Al-Sahihah Vol. 1 p300, “[This is] recorded by Al-Bayhaqi Vol. 7 p100 with a sahih chain of transmission from Al-Sha’bi.” Abu Madinah Al-Darimi – Allah be pleased with him – reports, “When two of the Companions of Allah’s Messenger – Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him – would meet, they would not part until one would recite to the other “By time, verily man is in loss…” (Surah Al-‘Asr). Then, one of them would say salam to the other.” Recorded by Al-Tabarani in Al-Awsat, and others. Shaykh Al-Albani graded its chain of transmission sahih. See Al-Sahihah, hadith 2648. Shaykh Al-Albani states, “There are two points of benefit in this narration about the practice of our Salaf – Allah be pleased with them all. The first is that they used to say salam when parting, which has been explicitly mentioned in some statements of the Prophet…The other, we learn from the regular practice of the Companions, is reciting Surah Al-‘Asr [when parting], for we believe that they were the farthest of people from introducing into the religion a worship by which they sought to bring themselves closer to Allah, except with some sanction from Allah’s Messenger – peace and blessings be upon him, either through a statement from him, or an action of his, or by his tacit approval…”
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