كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَقْسِمُ لَحَظَاتِهِ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ فَيَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذَا وَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى ذَا بِالسَّوِيَّةِ قَالَ وَ لَمْ يَبْسُطْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) رِجْلَيْهِ بَيْنَ أَصْحَابِهِ قَطُّ وَ إِنْ كَانَ لَيُصَافِحُهُ الرَّجُلُ فَمَا يَتْرُكُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) يَدَهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ هُوَ التَّارِكَ فَلَمَّا فَطَنُوا لِذَلِكَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ إِذَا صَافَحَهُ قَالَ بِيَدِهِ فَنَزَعَهَا مِنْ يَدِهِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Washa, from Jameel Bin Darraj, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> having said: ‘It was so that Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> used to apportion his<sup>saww</sup> moments (time) between his<sup>saww</sup> companions. So he<sup>saww</sup> would look at that one, and he<sup>saww</sup> would look at that one, with the fairness’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘And Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> did not extend his<sup>asws</sup> legs in between his<sup>saww</sup> companions at all, and if the man was to shake his<sup>saww</sup> hand, so Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> would not leave his hand from his<sup>saww</sup> hand until it so happened that he was the leaver. So when they (the people) discerned that, it was so that the man, whenever he shook his<sup>saww</sup> hand, said so with his hands, so he removed it (quickly) from his<sup>saww</sup> hand’.
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