Question Summary:
Reference for doing Musāfahah with two hands

Question Detail:

Please give me the reference for doing musāfahah with two hands

Answer :

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
A narration in Sahīh al-Bukhārī states that Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam did Musāfahah with Abdullāh bin Mas’ūd Radhiyallāhu Anhu using both his hands. The narration is as follows:
وكَفِّي بَيْنَ كَفَّيْهِ (صحيح البخارى، بَابُ المُصَافَحَةِ)
Ibn Mas’ūd Radhiyallāh Anhu states, “My hand was between the two hands of Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu Alaihi Wa Sallam.” (Sahīh al-Bukhārī)
Furthermore, Imām Bukhārī Rahimahullāh states that Hammād bin Zaid, a great Faqīh (Jurist) did Musāfahah with Abdullāh bin Mubārak Rahimahullāh with two hands.[1]
Although it is better that one does Musāfahah with both hands, it is also permissible to do Musāfahah with only the right hand.[2]
 
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Abdul Azīm bin Abdur Rahman,
Student Darul Iftaa
U.S.A.
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Husain Kadodia.