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suyuti:1981a

the Prophet ﷺ said, "If the people of the Scripture greet you, then you should say (in reply), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you).' " (Using translation from Bukhārī 6258)   

السيوطي:١٩٨١a

"إِذا سلَّمَ عليكُمْ أحدٌ مِنْ أهْلِ الكتابِ فَقُولوا: وعليكُمْ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [خ] البخاري [م] مسلم [ت] الترمذي [هـ] ابن ماجة عن أنس

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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad
bukhari:6258ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Hushaym > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Anas > Anas b. Mālik

the Prophet ﷺ said, "If the people of the Scripture greet you, then you should say (in reply), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you).' "  

البخاري:٦٢٥٨حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ibnmajah:3697Abū Bakr > ʿAbdah b. Sulaymān And Muḥammad b. Bishr > Saʿīd > Qatādah > Anas b. Mālik

"When any of the People of the Book greets you with Salam (peace), then say, Wa 'alaikum(and also upon you)."  

ابن ماجة:٣٦٩٧حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرٍ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:13211ʿAbd al-Ṣamad > Ḥammād > Qatādah And al-Qāsim > Anas

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said, when the People of the Book greet you with peace, respond with "upon you (be peace)". And the other person would say "and upon you".  

أحمد:١٣٢١١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ وَالْقَاسِمِ جَمِيعًا عَنْ أَنَسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا عَلَيْكُمْ وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ وَعَلَيْكُمْ  

ahmad:11948Hushaym > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Bakr b. Anas from his grandfather Anas b. Mālik

"When any of the People of the Book greets you with Salam (peace), then say, Wa 'alaikum(and also upon you)." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3697)  

أحمد:١١٩٤٨حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ