Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 996

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قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ: فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ: «الْمَاشِيَانِ إِذَا اجْتَمَعَا فَأَيُّهُمَا بَدَأَ بِالسَّلَامِ فَهُوَ أَفْضَلُ»

“When two people walking meet, then the one who gives the greeting first is the better of them.”

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 996, Book 42, Greetings, Hadith 30. 1 min readCopy the reference

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
2. 2Ibn JurayjNarrated, Successor, died 149 AH
3. 3Abu az-Zubayr al-MakkiInformed me, Successor, died 126 AH