Kissing the elderly on the forehead

Reference: https://x.com/hashemi891/status/1115637704623054849

Kissing the forehead of the elderly is [an act of] reverence and honour [towards them]. It is [merely] a practice and not an act of worship; as [can be] seen from this [narration]:

al-‘Abbaas ibn ‘Abdil-Muttalib – the uncle of the Prophet ﷺ – entered upon the Prophet ﷺ; he ﷺ stood up and kissed him between the eyes, and sat him to his right.

And the hadeeth is authentic, [as reported] in Silsilah as-Saheehah of our Shaykh [al-Albaanee], no.1041.


Translation originally published on 13 May, 2019.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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