Is it true what was reported that the Companions -may Allah be pleased with them- never parted ways until they had recited Surat al-Asr, and is this action considered a Sunnah? And is there any legal impediment that prevents worshippers from exchanging greetings, shaking hands, and reciting Surat al-Asr after completing the Fajr prayer and remembrances, and is this considered an innovation or a good deed?
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The narration mentioned about the Companions has an authentic chain of transmission, but it does not indicate the permissibility of reciting Surat Al-Asr in congregation after the prayer. For had it been a Sunnah, it would have been transmitted to us. Nor does it indicate the permissibility of shaking hands after the salutation of the prayer.
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