THE LAW KISSES THE HANDS OF CLERICS AND PUBLIC FIGURES

The tradition of kissing the hands of clerics or public figures is familiar to all of us, because we do not yet know about the law and the postulate of kissing someone's hand. Now we will explain about the postulates, laws and histories of the prophet Muhammad Saw, friends and tabi'ins.

-THE COMPANIONS ONCE KISSED THE HANDS AND FEET OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH SAW

The companions always vying to glorify the prophet Saw wherever and whenever,Because they knew that the prophet Muhammad had a high degree in their hearts. The way they respected was different for example, When the prophet shaved his head many companions competed for the shaved hair of the prophet and kept it in their own homes. In addition many of them honored the prophet by kissing the hands and feet of the prophet . As narrated from Zari' an envoy from Abdul Qais he said :

............... جعلنا نتبادر من رواحلنا فنقبل يد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلّم ورجله

That is to say:.............we rushed down from our camels and kissed the hands and legs of the Messenger of Allah .( H.R. al-Baihaqi ) sunan al-kubra al-baihaqi no 13363

-THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH ONCE KISSED SOMEONE'S HAND

Prophet Muhammad Saw once kissed the hand of someone who was His own daughter, Siti Fatimah Az-Zahra r.a. As narrated by Siti Aisyah r.a :

ما رايت احدا كان اشبه كلاما وحديثا من فاطمة برسول الله ص.م وكانت اذا دخلت عليه رحّب بها وقام اليها فاْ خدت بيدها فقبّلها واجلسها في مجلسه وكان اذا دخل عليها رحّبت به فاْ خد بيده فقبّلتها

That is to say : I have never seen anyone who resembles the Messenger of Allah more in terms of speech and speech than fatimah Az-zahra . When Fatimah visited the prophet ,He welcomed him, took her by the hand and then kissed him (Fatimah's hand) and invited him to sit at his place. On the other hand ,if he visited Fatimah's house ,he stood up to greet her and kissed His hand. ( H.R. Abu Dawud ,at-Tirmidzi and an-nasa'I ) sunan Abi Dawud no 5219,Jamiat Tirmidzi no 4246 and Sunan al-kubra an-Nasa'i

-THE TASSED THE HAND OF A FRIEND

Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his Musnad narrated that there was a tabi'in named Tsabit Al-Bannani (Tsabit Al-Bannani), asking Anas bin Malik:

يا انس مسست يد رسول الله ص.م بيدك قال نعم قال أرني أقبّلها

That is to say:''O Anas ,Did the hand of the Messenger of Allah ever touch your tanga ? Anas replied: ''Yes'' Tsabit al-Bannani said: '' show me "I will kiss him''

( H.R Ahmad ) Musnad Ahmad no 12115

-LAW KISSES THE HANDS OF SCHOLARS/PUBLIC FIGURES AND SHALIHS

After we look at the above histories from the prophetMuhammad Saw, friends and tabi'ins that they kissed someone's hand aimed as an expression of lil ta'dim i.e. respect for those who have a high degree and are noble . As for according to history that kissing the hands of the scholars, shalihin, Ahlul stanza of the Prophet Muhammad Saw the law is sunnah. As narrated by some histories include:

Ø Ziyad ibn Fayyad of Tamim ibn Salamah ( Sunan al-Kubra no 13363 )

Ø Al-Hafidz Adz-Dzahabi ( An imam , worship expert, al-hafidz, zuhud expert, tsiqah, and just )

-SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LEGALITY ( ABILITY TO KISS HANDS )

In a book titled Taqbil Al-yad by a cleric named Al-Hafidz Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim bin Ali Al-Ishabani nicknamed Ibn Al-Muqri (381) explains about 31 postulates that can kiss hands. The book has been tahqiqed by Sheikh Adib ibn Muhammad Al-Kylani and published by the publisher Dar Ibn Katsir. In addition, the reference to this matter has been stated in a book entitled I'lam An-Nabiil bi Jawaz At-Taqbiil by Sheikh Al'Alamah Abdullah bin As-Shadiq Al-Ghumari.