'Ubaydullah ibn 'Abdullah said, "Mu'awiya went on his first hajj
when he was the khalifa and 'Uthman ibn Hanif al-Ansari came to him and
said, 'Peace be upon you, Amir, and the mercy of Allah.' The people of
Syria objected to that and said, 'Who is this hypocrite who shortens the
greeting of the Amir al-Mu'minin!' 'Uthman made his camel kneel and said,
'Amir al-Mu'minin! These men object to something which you know better
than them. By Allah, I used to this greeting for Abu Bakr, 'Umar, and 'Uthman,
and none of them objected to it.' Mu'awiya said to those of the people
of Syria who had spoken, 'Take it easy! It was partly as he stated. But
when the civil war engaged the people of Syria, they said, "Do not shorten
the greeting of our khalifa in our presence (i.e. from Amir al-Mu'minin
to Amir)." People of Madina, I will treat you as friends even though you
use 'Amir" for a zakat collector.'"
Tamim ibn Hadhlam said, "I will mention the first to be greeted
as 'Amir' in Kufa. Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba left by the Bab ar-Rahba and a
man of Kinda came up to him. They claim that it was Abu Qurra al-Kindi.
He greeted him and said, 'Peace be upon you, O Amir, and the mercy of Allah.'
He disliked it. So the man said, 'Peace be upon you, O Amir, and the mercy
of Allah. Peace be upon you. Am I one of you or not?'" Sammak ibn Salama
ad-Dabi said, "After that it became an established practice."
Ziyad ibn 'Ubayd (ar-Ru'ayni) said, "We went to Ruwayfa', the
Amir of Antabulis. A man came and greeted him, saying, 'Peace be upon the
Amir.' From 'Abda, he said, 'Peace be upon the Amir.' Ruwayfa' said to
him, 'If you had greeted us, we would have returned the greeting. But you
greeted Maslama ibn Mukhallad (Maslama was in charge of Egypt). Go to him
and he will return your greeting.'"
Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, used to come at night and would give the greeting
in such a way that it would not awaken anyone asleep, but the person who
was awake would hear it."
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَجِيءُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَيُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا لاَ يُوقِظُ نَائِمًا وَيُسْمِعُ الْيَقْظَانَ
Hadith 1029
Da'if — Al-Albani
(The greeting) May Allah preserve you
'Umar said to 'Adi ibn Hatim, "May Allah preserve you from recognition."
'A'isha said, "Fatima walked in the same manner that the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, walked. He used to say to her,
'Welcome, my daughter!' Then he would have her sit down on his right or
his left."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ فِرَاسٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ أَقْبَلَتْ فَاطِمَةُ تَمْشِي كَأَنَّ مِشْيَتَهَا مَشْيُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِابْنَتِي ثُمَّ أَجْلَسَهَا عَنْ يَمِينِهِ أَوْ عَنْ شِمَالِهِ
Hadith 1031
Sahih — Al-Albani
Welcome
'Ali said, "'Ammar asked for permission to enter to visit the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Prophet (ﷺ) recognised
his voice and said, 'Welcome with the best and purest greeting!'"
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ هَانِئِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَمَّارٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَعَرَفَ صَوْتَهُ فَقَالَ مَرْحَبًا بِالطَّيِّبِ الْمُطَيَّبِ
Hadith 1032
Sahih — Al-Albani
How to return the greeting
'Uqba ibn 'Abdullah ibn 'Amr who said, "While we were sitting
with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the shade
of a tree while travelling between Makka and Madina, a bedouin, who was
an example of the coarsest and fiercest kind of people came up and said,
'Peace be upon you,' and they said, 'And upon you.'"
Abu Dharr said, "I came to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, when he had finished his prayer. I was the first person
to be greeted with the greeting of Islam. He said, 'And on you and the
mercy of Allah. From where have you come?' I said, 'From Ghifar.'"
'A'isha reported, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, ''A'ish! This is Jibril who sends you greetings.'
I said, 'And peace be upon him and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
You see what I do not see." By that she meant the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَا عَائِشُ هَذَا جِبْرِيلُ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكِ السَّلاَمَ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَعَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ تَرَى مَا لاَ أَرَى تُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
Hadith 1037
Sahih — Al-Albani
How to return the greeting
Mu'awiya ibn Qurra said that his father said to him, "My son,
when a man passes by you and says, 'Peace be upon you (plural).' Do not
say, 'And on you (singular)' as if you were singling out that greeting
out for him alone. Rather say, 'Peace be upon you (plural).'"
'Abdullah ibn as-Samit said, "I said to Abu Dharr, 'I passed by
'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam and I greeted him and he did not answer
me at all. He said, 'Nephew, what harm have suffered from that? Someone
better than him answered you ? the angel on his right."
'Abdullah said, "Peace is one of the Names of Allah which Allah
has placed on the earth. Extend it among you. When a man greets people
and they answer him, then he has a higher degree than them because he reminds
them of peace. If no one answers him, he will be answered by one who is
better and more excellent.'"
'Abdullah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As said, "A liar is someone who lies
in his oath. A miser is someone who is miserly with the greeting. A thief
is someone who steals the prayer."
Abu Hurayra said, "The most miserly of people is the one who is
miserly with the greeting. The most incapable of people of people is the
one who is the most incapable of supplication."
Thabit al-Bannani reported that Anas ibn Malik walked by some
children and greeted them. He said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, used to do that."
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْجَعْدِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى صِبْيَانٍ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَفْعَلُهُ بِهِمْ