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    Question ID: 38054Country: Bangladesh

    Title: Handshake with two hands

    Question: What is the rules of Handshake, both hands or one hand? Please answer me from hadith.

    Answer ID: 38054

    Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

    (Fatwa: 683/683/M=1433) Musafaha (shaking hands) is sunnah with both hands, as the hadith says: علمنی النبی صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم التشھد وکفی بین کفیہ [بخاری عن ابن مسعود] وفی روایۃ: اذا تصافح المسلمان لم تفرق اکفھما حتی یغفر لھما [مجمع الزوائد]

    Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

    Darul Ifta,

    Darul Uloom Deoband, India