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Sunan an-Nasa'i 1185

Greeting people with a hand gesture while praying

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أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ ابْنِ الْقِبْطِيَّةِ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُصَلِّي خَلْفَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَنُسَلِّمُ بِأَيْدِينَا فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ هَؤُلاَءِ يُسَلِّمُونَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ كَأَنَّهَا أَذْنَابُ خَيْلٍ شُمْسٍ أَمَا يَكْفِي أَحَدَهُمْ أَنْ يَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ

Translation

Chain of narrators
  1. Aḥmad b. Sulaymān
  2. Yaḥyá b. Ādam
  3. Misʿar
  4. ʿUbaydullāh Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah
  5. Jābir b. Samurah

"We used to pray behind the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and we would greet (others) with our hands. He said: 'What is the matter with those who greet (others) with their hands as if they were tails of wild horses? It is sufficient for any one of you to put his hand on his thigh and say: "As-salamu 'alaikum, as-salamu 'alaikum."

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Narrators

  1. أحمد بن سليمان الرهاويAḥmad b. Sulaymān
  2. يحيى بن آدم الأمويYaḥyá b. Ādam
  3. مسعر بن كدام العامريMisʿar
  4. مهاجر بن القبطية المكيʿUbaydullāh Ibn al-Qibṭiyyah
  5. جابر بن سمرة العامريJābir b. Samurah