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The Prophet ﷺ said: Those who are nearest to Allah are they who are first to give a salutation.

أبو داود:٥١٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ الذُّهْلِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ وَهْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ الْحِمْصِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِاللَّهِ مَنْ بَدَأَهُمْ بِالسَّلاَمِ

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tirmidhi:2694 – ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Qurrān b. Tammām al-Asadī > Abū Farwah al-Rahāwī Yazīd b. Sinān > Sulaym b. ʿĀmir > Abū Umāmah

"They said: 'O Messenger of Allah! When two men meet, which of them initiates the Salam?' He said: 'The nearest of them to Allah.'"

الترمذي:٢٦٩٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا قُرَّانُ بْنُ تَمَّامٍ الأَسَدِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ الرَّهَاوِيِّ يَزِيدَ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ قَالَ

قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ الرَّجُلاَنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ أَيُّهُمَا يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلاَمِ فَقَالَ أَوْلاَهُمَا بِاللَّهِ

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبُو فَرْوَةَ الرَّهَاوِيُّ مُقَارِبُ الْحَدِيثِ إِلاَّ أَنَّ ابْنَهُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يَزِيدَ يَرْوِي عَنْهُ مَنَاكِيرَ

suyuti:6343a –
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السيوطي:٦٣٤٣a –

"إِنَّ أولَى النَّاسِ باللَّه مَن بدأهُم بالسَّلام ".

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