the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, if it is a secret from the secrets of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, I will not tell you."I said, "It is not a secret. Rather, was it his practice when meeting a man to take his hand and shake it?"He replied, "You have come to one well informed. He never met me without taking my hand, except on one single occasion, and that was the last of them. He sent for me, so I came to him during the illness in which he died. I found him lying down, so I leaned over him, and he raised his hand and embraced me ﷺ."
حدثنا بشر بن المفضل عن خالد بن ذكوان حدثني أيوب بن بشير عن فلان العنزي ولم يقل الغبري أنه أقبل
رسول الله ﷺ قال إن كان سرا من سر رسول الله ﷺ لم أحدثك قلت ليس بسر ولكن كان إذا لقي الرجل يأخذ بيده يصافحه قال على الخبير سقطت لم يلقني قط إلا أخذ بيدي غير مرة واحدة وكانت تلك آخرهن أرسل إلي فأتيته في مرضه الذي توفي فيه فوجدته مضطجعا فأكببت عليه فرفع يده فالتزمني ﷺ
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Its chain of transmission is daif, because of the unknown status of the narrator from Abu Dharr, and it is found in Abu Dawud 4/354, no. 5214.