Bashir ibn Yasar said, "No one preceded ? or got ahead of ? Ibn 'Umar when giving the greeting."  

عَنْ بُشَيْرِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ مَا كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَبْدَأُ أَوْ يَبْدُرُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ بِالسَّلامِ  

Jabir said, " "Someone riding should greet someone walking, and someone walking should greet someone sitting down. When there are two people walking, the better of them is the one who gives the greeting first."  

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ يُسَلِّمُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي وَالْمَاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْمَاشِيَانِ أَيُّهُمَا يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلامِ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ  

Ibn 'Umar said that al-Agharr (who was a man from Muzayna and had been a Companion of the Prophet) was owed some measures of dates by a man from the Banu 'Amr ibn 'Awf who came to him many times. He said, "I went to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he sent Abu Bakr as-Siddiq with me." He continues, "Everyone we met greeted us. Abu Bakr said, 'Don't you know that when people give the greeting before us, they have the reward? Give the greeting before them and you will have the reward.'"  

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الأَغَرَّ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَوْسُقٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ اخْتَلَفَ إِلَيْهِ مِرَارًا قَالَ فَجِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ قَالَ فَكُلُّ مَنْ لَقِينَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَلاَ تَرَى النَّاسَ يَبْدَأُونَكَ بِالسَّلاَمِ فَيَكُونُ لَهُمُ الأَجْرُ؟ ابْدَأْهُمْ بِالسَّلاَمِ يَكُنْ لَكَ الأَجْرُ يُحَدِّثُ هَذَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ  

Abu Ayyub reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It is not lawful for a Muslim man to separate himself from his brother for more than three days. When they meet, and one turns away and the other turns away, the better of them is the one who gives the greeting first."  

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ وَالْقَعْنَبِيُّ قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلاَثٍ فَيَلْتَقِيَانِ فَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَيُعْرِضُ هَذَا وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلامِ