Meeting and Greeting: A Cheerful Face, the Salaam, and the Handshake
The first thing a guest meets at your occasion is a cheerful face, the salaam, and a handshake. The etiquette of meeting, arranged and made simple.
A Meeting That Opens Hearts
At your occasion loved ones meet, and the first thing that honours a guest is a cheerful face and a gracious greeting; Islam gave this meeting adab that open hearts before doors.
The meeting of a Muslim by his brother and his handshake carry a comprehensive adab; we have gathered for you those that adorn the welcoming of your guests.
Islam gave the Muslim's meeting of his brother an etiquette: a cheerful face, the salaam, and a handshake, so affection is planted from the first glance.
A Cheerful Face and a Smile
The first adab of meeting is that you meet your brother with an open face; a smile is a charity that brings joy and dispels estrangement.
Your smiling in the face of your brother is a charity for you.
Reported by al-Tirmidhi, from Abu Dharr
Verified against the sourceHow beautiful it is that the guests of your occasion be received with cheerful faces that make them feel they are family and loved.
Spreading the Salaam
Among the greatest adab of meeting is spreading the salaam; it is the greeting of Islam that spreads love and joins hearts, and Allah commanded that it be returned with better.
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with one better than it, or return it.
Qur'an, al-Nisa 4:86
Verified against the Mus’hafSpread the salaam among yourselves.
Reported by Muslim, from Abu Hurayrah
Verified against the sourceThe Handshake at Meeting
And the completion of the meeting is the handshake between those who meet in affection; it removes rancour and lightens sins.
There are no two Muslims who meet and shake hands but that they are forgiven before they part.
Reported by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, from al-Bara ibn Azib
Verified against the sourceAnd the handshake is within the bounds the Sacred Law permits, so a man does not shake hands with a woman who is not his mahram.
Welcome Your Guests at Their Best
A good meeting begins with a gracious invitation; in invi2 you craft a radiant invitation that reaches your guests through a single WhatsApp link, with a clear time and place and an RSVP at a touch, so you receive them in a manner worthy of the cheerful face with which you meet them.
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