Greetings in Islam♥♥♥

Greetings in Islam♥♥♥

I heard Al-Bara' bin 'Azib saying, "The Prophet Alayhi salatu Wa Salam orders us to do seven things and prohibited us from doing seven other things." Then Al-Bara' mentioned the following:--

(1) To pay a visit to the sick (inquiring about his health),

(2) to follow funeral processions,

(3) to say to a sneezer, "May Allah be merciful to you (Yarhamuk Allah" (if he says, " Alhamdulillah ,Praise be to Allah!"),

(4) to return greetings,

(5) to help the oppressed,

(6) to accept invitations,

(7) to help others to fulfill their oaths.
(See Hadith No. 753, Vol. 7)Narrated Muawiya bin Suwald:)Bukhari Volume 3, Book 43, Number 625:

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah Alayhi salatu Wa Salam 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 alaikum.
Muslim Book 001, Number 0096:

It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah b. 'Amr that a man asked the Messenger of Allah Alayhi Salatu Wa Salam which of the merits (is superior) in Islam. He (the Holy Prophet Alayhi salatu wa salam) remarked: That you provide food and extend greetings to one whom you know or do not know.(Muslim)

Abu Sa'id Kbudri reported Allah's Apostle Alayhi salatu wa salam  as saying: Avoid sitting on the paths. They (his Companions) said: Allah's Messenger,there is no other help to it (but to sit here as we) hold our meetings and discuss matters there. Thereupon Allah's Messenger Alayhi salatu wa salam  said:
If you have to sit at all, then fulfil the rights, of the path.
They said: What are their rights?
Thereupon he Alayhi salatu wa salam  said:
Keeping the eye downward (so that you may not stare at the women),
refraining from doing some harm to the other and exchanging mutual greetings
(saying as-Salamu 'Alaikum to one another)
and commanding the good and forbidding the evil.
Muslim Book 024, Number 5293:


The Prophet Alayhi salatu wa salam  made spreading salaam a part of faith. Al-Bukhaari (12, 28 and 6236), Muslim (39), Ahmad (2/169), Abu Dawood (5494), al-Nisaa’i, (8/107) and Ibn Hibbaan (505) narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Umar that a man asked the Messenger of Allaah Alayhi salatu wa salam: “What is the best thing in Islam?” He said, “Feeding others and giving the greeting of salaam to those whom you know and those whom you do not know.”

“What is meant by salaam is the greeting between people, which sows seeds of love and friendship in their hearts, as does giving food. There may be some weakness in the heart of one of them, which is dispelled when he is greeted, or there may be some hostility, which is turned to friendship by the greeting.”


The Prophet Alayhi salatu wa salam commanded us to return salaams, and made it a right and a duty. Ahmad (2/540), al-Bukhaari (1240), Muslim (2792), al-Nisaa’i in al-Yawm wa’l-Laylah (221) and Abu Dawood (5031) all reported that Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet Alayhi salatu wa salam said: “The Muslim has five rights over his fellow-Muslim: he should return his salaams, visit him when he is sick, attend his funeral, accept his invitation, and pray for mercy for him [say “Yarhamuk Allaah”] when he sneezes.”