Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Greeting with Handshake َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَ٠َلْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) فَحَطَطْنَا الرَّحْلَ ثُ٠َشَى قَلِيلاً ثُ٠َّ جَاءَ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَغَ٠ْزَةً شَدِيدَةً فَقُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَ وَ٠ِنَ إِذَا جَالَ جَوْلَةً ثُ٠َّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِ أَخِيهِ نَظَرَ الله إِلَيْهِ٠َا بِوَجْهِهِ فَلَ٠ُقْبِلاً عَلَيْهِ٠َا بِوَجْهِهِ وَيَقُولُ لِلذُّنُوبِ تَحَاتَّ عَنْهُ٠َا فَتَتَحَاتُّ يَا أَبَا حَ٠َا يَتَحَاتُّ الْوَرَقُ عَنِ الشَّجَرِ فَيَفْتَرِقَانِ وَ٠7.

Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz from Muhammad ibn Fudayl from abu Hamza who has said the following: “Once I was a partner of abu Ja’far (a.s.) on a journey. On the way we unloaded our luggage and he walked a little and came back, held my hand and squeezed it hard.

I asked, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, ‘Was I not with you in the carriage?’ The Imam asked, ‘Did you not know that when the believer comes around, and holds the hand of his brother (in belief), Allah faces them and looks at them. He continues facing them and says to the sins to fall off of them and they began to fall, O abu Hamza, like leaves that fall from trees.

They then depart and there no sins will be left on them.’” شهور - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/66))