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ahmad:13320Hāshim > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] The companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Messenger of Allah, the people of the Book greet us with peace, so how should we respond to them?" He said, "Say, 'And upon you.'"  

أحمد:١٣٣٢٠حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  


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muslim:2163b[Chain 1] ʿUbaydullāh b. Muʿādh from my father [Chain 2] Yaḥyá b. Ḥabīb > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah [Chain 3] Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār And al-Lafẓ Lahumā > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas Annaʿlyh Wslm > Lilnnabī ﷺ In Ahl al-Kitāb Yusallimūn ʿAlaynā Fakayf Narud ʿAlayhim

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too).  

مسلم:٢١٦٣bحَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ح وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُمَا قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّعليه وسلم قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

abudawud:5207ʿAmr b. Marzūq > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Companions of the prophet ﷺ said to the prophet ﷺ: The people of the Book salute us. How should we reply to them? He said: say : the same to you.  

أبو داود:٥٢٠٧حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَكَذَلِكَ رِوَايَةُ عَائِشَةَ وَأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُهَنِيِّ وَأَبِي بَصْرَةَ يَعْنِي الْغِفَارِيَّ
ahmad:14095Bahz > Shuʿbah > Qatādah

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too). (Using translation from Muslim 2163b)   

أحمد:١٤٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ

عَنْ أَنَسٍ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ إِذَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْنَا كَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:13087Yazīd > Shuʿbah Wmuḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too). (Using translation from Muslim 2163b)   

أحمد:١٣٠٨٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ ومُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:13934Yazīd b. Hārūn > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

The People. of the Book offer us salutations (by saying as-Salamu- 'Alaikum). How should we reciprocate them? Thereupon he said: Say: Wa 'Alaikum (and upon you too). (Using translation from Muslim 2163b)   

أحمد:١٣٩٣٤حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالُوا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

nasai-kubra:10146ʿAlī b. Khashram > ʿĪsá > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Companions of the prophet ﷺ said to the prophet ﷺ: The people of the Book salute us. How should we reply to them? He said: say : the same to you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5207)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠١٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

nasai-kubra:10147Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Qatādah > Anas

The Companions of the prophet ﷺ said to the prophet ﷺ: The people of the Book salute us. How should we reply to them? He said: say : the same to you. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 5207)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠١٤٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ أَصْحَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ نَقُولُ؟ قَالَ قُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ