This is an innovation and is something cultural. It has no basis in Islam and one shouldn’t do it unless that particular individual he has not seen for some time and he wants to greet him because of that and not because of the prayer.

After the salam is said at the end of the fard salah behind the imam, people often shake hands with the ones on their sides. First with the right one the with the left. What is it about?

Innovations, Prayer |