Reminder: salaams.

jazaak allah khair brother for the reminder

walaikum asalam
akhi thanks for that

format_quote Originally Posted by Khaldun

JazzakAllah Khair brother....how many times have i said salam and been ignored but then again one shouldnt do it to please a individual

i know wat u mean, i was walkin wit my sis 1 day n these couple of sistaz walked 2wards us. We sis said " " n they just looked @ us n walked off. sad innit :'( but like u said, we do it 2 please Allah (swt) not individuals even tho sumtimes u feel like givin them a lil lecture

jazakumAllahu kayran 4 sharin bro

Assalamu 'alaikum

As we can see, the giving of salaam is very important. Please can everyone start their posts with either Asalamu Alaikum (however you would like to spell it). It will create more love and unity between us. After all, it is our duty to offer salaam to every muslim whether we know them or not. Please, I urge you to do so.

Jazakallah khair for the reminder.

wasalamu 'alaikum

i get this from email..
Saying Salaam
by Iman Bint Johari


When we lived in Indiana, my husband was friends with a very nice revert to Islam. He was born into a staunch Hindu family and when he embraced Islam, had to keep it a secret as he feared being cut off from his parents. He had a good reason to be afraid - his sister who had reverted to Islam long before he did had been disowned.

He chose the name `Imran and tried very hard to be a practising Muslim, ma shaa Allah. He had a low paying job selling jewellery for an Ismaili family that exploited him. They cared little about following the tenets of Islam it seems and even tried to make it such that he could not pray at work. `Imran, however, kept his own and remained steadfast.

He would still try to observe his prayers and every night, would rush to the masjid, hoping to catch the `Isha prayer. More often than not, he would be almost faint with fatigue but would make the effort anyway for the simple reason that he loved Islam and loved being around Muslims.


Being a new Muslim at that time, this brother was not very knowledgeable in matters of the deen. Nevertheless, he had one admirable trait - if anyone taught him anything, he would try hard to implement it.

My husband would often have long discussions with him about Islam because he loved learning immensely. In one instance, my husband told him about the importance of the salaam and that one should repeat the salaam if one has been separated from a fellow Muslim, even for a while.

Imran took this lesson to heart and we learnt just how much one day. My husband told me that some time after that discussion, `Imran came to him feeling hurt and angry.

He had gone into the masjid and greeted the brothers before sitting down with them. He later had to leave the room for a minute and when he returned, said salaam again. He did this every time he left and rejoined them.

A few of the brothers became a little annoyed and asked him why he kept repeating his salaam when he had done so the first time he met them. They told him it was completely unnecessary.

The poor brother felt very upset that the Muslims he cared so much about brushed him off that way... so much so that he could not find the words to explain that it was sunnah.

It occurred to me then that sometimes, we are ignorant of aspects of our deen and we never think that maybe someone who has less education or someone who is new to the deen can teach us something.

Even though I do not know `Imran personally, he has taught me many things - he has taught me about steadfastness and about striving to implement the Sunnah in any way one can.

Here is the hadeeth that `Imran learnt and tried to implement:

Abu Hurairah radhiallahu `anhu reported:
The Messenger of Allah sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam said,
"When one of you meets a brother [in Faith], he should greet him.
Then if a tree or a wall or a stone should intervenes between them
and then he meets him again, he should greet him."
[Abu Dawood]


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Greeting According to Quran and Sunnah




(The salutation of "Salaam" to the Muslim when first greeting and when departing)

It is a recommended sunnah (way, tradition) to greet the muslim;
it is fard (obligatory) to reply.

Exceptions are that women are not expected to have to speak to non-mahram men
.
The generally expected greeting is "As sala'amu alaikum" (peace be upon you)
and the generally expected reply is "walaikum as sala'am" (and unto you also, peace).

Adding "wa rahmatullahi" (and mercy)
and/or "wa barakatuhu" (and blessings) is a commendable act.

If someone adds mercy and/or blessings in their salaams to you,
you should reply with the same
or add more goodness to it
(i.e. if someone says "As sala'amu alaikum wa rahmatullahi",
you should reply with "As sala'amu alaikum wa rahmatullahi" or also add "wa barakatuhu")

The Order to Greet

The Noble Qur'an An-Nur 24:61
...when you enter the houses, greet one another with a greeting from Allâh (i.e. say: As-Salâmu 'Alaikum - peace be on you) blessed and good.
Thus Allâh makes clear the Ayât (these Verses or your religious symbols and signs, etc.) to you that you may understand.

The Noble Qur'an An-Nisa 4:86
When you are greeted with a greeting,
greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally.
Certainly, Allâh is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things.

Ibn Katheer raheemahullaah explained this verse by saying:

"If the person greeted you with the Salaam you should reply in a better form, or reply similarly.
However, the extended form is preferable, but the shorter is compulsory.
Which means that greeting is preferable but the greeting in return is compulsory,
and it should be in the form of the Salaam and not in any other form."

Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 4.543,
Narrated Abu Huraira, r.a. that the Prophet said,

"Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall.

When He created him, He said to him,

"Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply,
for it will be your greeting (salutation)
and the greeting (salutation) of your offspring."

So, Adam said (to the angels),
As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you).

The angels said,
"As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (
i.e. Peace and Allah's Mercy be upon you).

Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the _expression,
'Wa Rahmatu-l-lahi.'

Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and figure).
People have been decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.

The Noble Qur'an Al-An'am 6:54
When those who believe in Our Ayât
(proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)
come to you, say:
"Salâmun 'Alaikum" (peace be on you);
your Lord has written Mercy for Himself, so that,
if any of you does evil in ignorance, and thereafter repents
and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allâh),
then surely, He is Oft*Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Hadith - Sahih Muslim 96,
Narrated Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah, observed:
You shall not enter paradise so long as
you do not affirm belief (in all those things which are the articles of faith)
and you will not believe as long as you do not love one another.

Should I not direct you to a thing which,
if you do, will foster love amongst you:
(i.e.) give currency to (the practice of paying salutation to one another by saying)
as-salamu alaykum.

Who First?

Hadith - Sahih Bukhari 8.251,
Narrated Abu Hurayrah that Allah's Apostle said,
"The riding one should greet the walking one,
and the walking one should greet the sitting one,
and the small number of persons should greet the large number of persons."

Hadith - Malik's Muwatta Book 53, Number 53.1.1
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam
that the Messenger of Allah, said,
"The one riding greets the one walking,
and when one of a group of people gives a greeting,
it is enough for all of them."

The person coming or going, should first offer the salutation (salaams):

Hadith - Abu Dawood 5189,
Narrated Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet said:
When one of you comes to an assembly,
he should give a salutation and if he feels inclined to get up,
he should give a salutation, for the former is not more of a duty than the latter.

The pious muslims are anxious to give salaams first

Hadith - Abu Dawood 5178,
Narrated Abu Umamah that the Prophet said:
Those who are nearest to Allah are they who are first to give a salutation.

During Salah

Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi #991,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar, Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

I asked Bilal:
How did Allah's Apostle respond to them as they greeted him while he was in prayer?

Thereupon he said:
He only made a gesture with his hands (in order to respond to the greeting).

Hadith - Sunan of Abu Dawood 927,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar that
the Apostle of Allah went to Quba to offer prayer.
Then the Ansar (the Helpers) came to him
and gave him a salutation while he was engaged in prayer.

I asked Bilal:
How did you find the Apostle of Allah responding to them
when they gave him a salutation while he was engaged in prayer.

He replied:
In this way, and Ja'far ibn Awn demonstrated by spreading his palm,
and keeping its inner side below and its back side above.

Hadith - Abu Dawood 924,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mas'ud that
We used to salute during prayer and talk about our needs.
I came to the Apostle of Allah and found him praying.
I saluted him, but he did not respond to me.

I recalled what happened to me in the past and in the present.
When the Apostle of Allah finished his prayer, he said to me:

Allah, the Almighty, creates new command as He wishes,
and Allah, the Exalted, has sent a fresh command that
you must not talk during prayer.
He then returned my salutation.

Hadith - Bukhari and Muslim that
Ibn Mas'ud reports:
"We used to greet the Messenger of Allah while he was in salah
and he would respond to our greeting.
When we returned from Abyssinia,
we greeted him [during prayer] but he did not respond to our salutation.

We said to him:
'O Messenger of Allah, we used to greet you while you were in salah
and you used to respond to us!'
He then said: 'Prayer demands one's complete attention.'"

Do not wave like Christians or use fingers like Jews

Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi 4649,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As that Allah's Messenger said,
"He does not belong to us who imitates other people.
Do not imitate the Jews or the Christians,
for the Jews' salutation is to make a gesture with the fingers
and the Christians' salutation is to make a gesture with the palms of the hands."
[Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying its isnad is weak]

Salaams while urinating?

Hadith - Abu Dawood 17,
Narrated Mahajir ibn Qunfudh that her came to the Prophet while he was urinating.
He saluted him.

The Prophet did not return the salutation to him until he performed ablution.
He then apologised to him, saying:

I disliked remembering Allah except in the state of purification.

Hadith - Sahih Muslim 721,
Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar, r.a.
that a person happened to pass by the Messenger of Allah
when he was making water and saluted him,
but he did not respond to his salutation.

Salaams to animals?

Hadith - Malik's Muwatta Book 56, Number 56.1.4
Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Isa ibn Maryam [Jesus, r.a.] encountered a pig on the road.
He said to it, "Go in peace."
Somebody asked, "Do you say this to a pig?"
Isa (r.a.) said, "I fear lest I accustom my tongue to evil speech."

Greeting muslims with something other than salaam

The Noble Qur'an Al-Mujadilah 58:8
Have you not seen those who were forbidden to hold secret counsels,
and afterwards returned to that which they had been forbidden,
and conspired together for sin and wrong doing
and disobedience to the Messenger (Muhammad SAW).

And when they come to you,
they greet you with a greeting wherewith Allâh greets you not,
and say within themselves:

"Why should Allâh punish us not for what we say?"
Hell will be sufficient for them, they will burn therein,
and worst indeed is that destination!

Hadith - Al-Tabarani
If someone begins speaking before making the greetings,
he should not be responded to until he gives the proper greetings.