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bayhaqi:18719 – Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Dāwud al-ʿAlawī ؒ Imlāʾ > Abū Ḥāmid b. al-Sharqī > Aḥmad b. Ḥafṣ from my father > Ibrāhīm b. Ṭahmān > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah ؓ

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The young should greet the elders, the one walking should greet the one sitting, and the few should greet the many."  

البيهقي:١٨٧١٩ – وَاحْتَجَّ أَصْحَابُنَا فِي ذَلِكَ أَيْضًا بِمَا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْعَلَوِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ إِمْلَاءً أنبأ أَبُو حَامِدِ بْنُ الشَّرْقِيِّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ فَقَالَ وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ طَهْمَانَ

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bukhari:6231 – Muḥammad b. Muqātil Abū al-Ḥasan > ʿAbdullāh > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

The Prophet ﷺ said, "The young should greet the old, the passer by should greet the sitting one, and the small group of persons should greet the large group of persons. "  

البخاري:٦٢٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ  

bukhari:6234 – Ibrāhīm > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Ṣafwān b. Sulaym > ʿAṭāʾ b. Yasār > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The younger person should greet the older one, and the walking person should greet the sitting one, and the small number of persons should greet the large number of persons."  

البخاري:٦٢٣٤ – وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ  

abudawud:5198 – Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

The young should salute the old, the one who is passing by should salute the one who is sitting, and a small company should salute a large one.  

أبو داود:٥١٩٨ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ  

tirmidhi:2704 – Sūwayd b. Naṣr > ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Maʿmar > Hammām b. Munabbih > Abū Hurayrah

from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "The young one gives the Salam to the elder, the one passing the by to the one sitting and the few to the many."  

الترمذي:٢٧٠٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ يُسَلِّمُ الصَّغِيرُ عَلَى الْكَبِيرِ وَالْمَارُّ عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ قَالَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ