the first: these are weak ḥadīths that do not constitute proof. Perhaps we will have the opportunity to discuss them and clarify their defects, if Allāh wills. the second: even if any of them were authentic, they could not be used to oppose this authentic ḥadīth, because it is an action of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) that could be specific to him, or other possibilities that weaken the argument against this ḥadīth. This is because it is a verbal ḥadīth and a general address directed to the ummah, thus it is binding upon them. It is established in the principles of jurisprudence that speech takes precedence over action when there is a conflict, and the prohibitive takes precedence over the permissive. This ḥadīth is a verbal and prohibitive one, so it takes precedence over the mentioned ḥadīths, even if they were authentic. Similarly, we say regarding embracing and hugging, that they are not prescribed due to the prohibition in the ḥadīth against them. However, Anas (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) said: "The Companions of the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) would shake hands when they met, and when they returned from a journey, they would embrace." This was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Awsaṭ," and its narrators are those of the authentic collections, as stated by al-Mundhirī (3/270) and al-Haythamī (8/36). Al-Bayhaqī (7/100) narrated with a sound chain from al-Shaʿbī who said: "The Companions of Muḥammad (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) would shake hands when they met, and when they returned from a journey, they would embrace one another." Al-Bukhārī narrated in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (970) and Aḥmad (3/495) from Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh who said: "A ḥadīth reached me from a man who heard it from the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam), so I bought a camel, then I saddled it, and traveled to him for a month until I reached him in Syria. It was ʿAbd Allāh ibn Unays. I said to the gatekeeper: Tell him: Jābir is at the door. He said: Ibn ʿAbd Allāh? I said: Yes. He came out, dragging his garment, and embraced me, and I embraced him." The ḥadīth continues,