Salam [Greeting Of Peace]
16 sayings
An angel passed by a person standing near a door. The angel asked him, "O servant of Allah! Why are you standing here?" He replied, "One of my believing brothers lives here. I want to salute him." The angel asked, "Is he your near relative or you are having some work with him?" He replied, "He is neither a near relative of mine nor do I have any work with him. He is just a Muslim brother for me and hence, I have come to pay respect to him. I have made it obligatory on myself to salute him for the sake of pleasure of the Lord of the worlds." The angel said, "Allah has sent me to you to convey His salutations and has said: Your only aim was to please Me and you met Me. I have made Paradise obligatory for you, given you salvation from My anger so that you are granted freedom from the fire of Hell."
Sawab al-A`amal, Page 222/223 link
The salutation of peace is the greeting towards members of our own creed, and an extension of safety towards people of other creeds living in Muslim lands.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 25242; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 812 link
The initiator of the greeting is not prone to arrogance.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 25265; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 813 link
Greeting with peace is a voluntary act whereas returning it is an obligation.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 25294; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 814 link
The young should greet the old, a single individual should greet two together, the fewer number of people should greet the larger number, the person on horseback should greet the one on foot, the person walking should greet the one standing, and the person standing should greet the one sitting
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 25321; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 814 link
The most miserly of all people is he who withholds his greeting.
Amali al-Tusi, p. 89, no. 136; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 812 link
Spread peace around and the good within your own house will increase
al-Khisal, p. 181, no. 246; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 812 link
Verily Allah loves the feeding of food [to others] and the spreading of peace.'
al-Mahasin, v. 2, p. 143, no. 1371; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 812 link
The greeting of peace comes before speech
Jami`a al-Akhbar, p. 231, no. 596; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 812 link
narrated from his forefathers (AS) that the Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do not answer the one who begins to talk before having greeted you with peace', and he (SAWA) also said, 'Do not allow anybody to partake of your food until they have greeted with peace.'
al-Khisal, p. 19, no. 67; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 813 link
Verily the nearest people to Allah and His Messenger are those who initiate the greeting of peace
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 12, no. 50; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 813 link
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The greeting is rewarded the worth of seventy good deeds, sixty-nine of which are rewarded to the initiator and one to the reciprocator [of the greeting].
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 11, no. 46; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 813 link
When anyone of you enters his own house, he should greet with peace, for verily it brings down benediction, and angels come to keep him company
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 7, no. 25; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 813 link
There are five things that I will never leave until death: and greeting the young, in order that it may remain a practice after me.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 76, p. 10, no. 38; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 814 link
Do not extend the greeting of peace to the Jews, nor to the Christians, nor the Magians, nor the idolaters, nor to those who drink alcohol, nor to chess and dice players, nor to an effeminate person, nor to a poet who slanders chaste women of fornication, and nor to someone performing his prayer - and that is because the person praying cannot return the greeting, for verily the initiation of the greeting on the part of the greeter is voluntary whereas returning the greeting is obligatory. Nor [greet] the usurer, nor someone who is sitting in the lavatory, nor someone taking a bath, and nor an outrightly corrupt person who openly commits immoral acts.
Bihar al-Anwar, p. 9, no. 35; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 814 link
The Prophet (SAWA) used to greet women and they used to return his greeting. The Commander of the Faithful (AS) also used to greet women, but he used to dislike greeting young [unmarried] girls and used to say, 'I fear lest their voices may be pleasing to me, whence I would end up with more [consequence] than the reward I anticipated [from the greeting].
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 535, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 815 link
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