Greeting with Handshake

Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 78
Al-Kāfi

Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 78

Greeting with Handshake

21ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ رِفَاعَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ مُصَافَحَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ مُصَافَحَةِ الْمَلائِكَةِ.
21. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Yunus from Rifa’a who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام saying, ‘A handshake of believing people is better than a handshake of angels.’”
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