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Sahih Muslim 2167a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، (يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ) عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «لَا تَبْدَءُوا الْيَهُودَ وَلَا النَّصَارَى بِالسَّلَامِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمْ أَحَدَهُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاضْطَرُّوهُ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.

আবূ বকর ইবনু আবূ শায়বাহ, ইসহাক ইবনু ইবরাহীম (রহঃ) ..... উম্মু 'আতিয়াহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, আমাকে জানাযায় অনুগমনে নিষেধ করা হয়েছে। তবে আমাদেরকে কঠোরতা আরোপ করা হয়নি। (ইসলামী ফাউন্ডেশন ২০৩৫, ইসলামীক সেন্টার, নেই)

حفصہ نے حجرت ام عطیہ رضی اللہ تعالیٰ عنہا سے روا یت کی ، انھوں نے کہا : ہمیں جنازوں کے ساتھ جا نے سے رو کا گیا لیکن ہمیں سختی کے ساتھ حکم نہیں دیا گیا ۔

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Bakar bin Abu Syaibah] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Abu Usamah] -dalam jalur lain- Dan telah menceritakan kepada kami [Ishaq bin Ibrahim] telah mengabarkan kepada kami [Isa bin Yunus] keduanya dari [Hisyam] dari [Hafshah] dari [Ummu 'Athiyyah] ia berkata; "Kami dilarang untuk turut mengiring jenazah, tetapi (larangan itu) tidak begitu ditekankan atas kami

Bize Ebû Bekir b. Ebî Şeybe rivayet etti. (dediki): Bize Ebû Usâme rivayet etti. H. Bize İshâk b. İbrâhîm de rivayet etti. (dediki): Bize îsâ b. Yûnus haber verdi. Bu râvîlerin ikisi de Hişâm'dan, o da Hafsa'dan, o da Ümmü Atıyye'den naklen rivayet etmişlerdir. Ümmü Atıyye: — «Biz cenazelerin arkasında yürümekten nehyolunduk. Ama bu mes'ele üzerimize kat'iyyetle haram kılınmadı.» demiş. İzah için buraya tıklayın

Sahih Muslim 2167a, Book 39, The Book of Greetings, Hadith 16. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbids initiating the greeting of peace to the Jews or Christians even if they are Dhimmis (free non-Muslim subjects living in a Muslim country), let alone others from the disbelievers. He (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) further explained that if we meet one of them on the road, we should force him to the narrowest part thereof, as the believer is the one entitled to walk in the middle of the road and the disbeliever is the one who should make way. A Muslim should in no way be abject.

What it teaches

  • It is impermissible for a Muslim to initiate the greeting of peace to any of the Jews, Christians, or others from the disbelievers.
  • It is permissible to respond to their greeting of peace, in case they are the ones to initiate it, by saying: And upon you.
  • It is impermissible for a Muslim to hurt a disbeliever on purpose by deliberately and unnecessarily bearing down on him to force him to move to the narrowest part of the road. However, if the road is narrow or crowded, then the Muslim is more entitled to it and the disbeliever should move away.
  • Manifesting the Muslims' honor and the humiliation of others without oppression or using foul language.
  • Imposing restrictions upon the disbelievers due to their disbelief in Allah Almighty could cause them to embrace Islam and, thus, be saved from Hellfire if this motivates them to learn the reason behind such restrictions.
  • There is nothing wrong if a Muslim starts by saying the following to a disbeliever: How are you? How are you doing this morning? How are you doing this evening? And similar things if there is a need for this because the prohibition is taken to refer to the greeting of peace.
  • At-Tībi said: Based on the chosen opinion, the heretical innovator should not be initiated with the greeting of peace. If one happens to greet with peace someone he does not know and it turns out to be a Dhimmi or a heretical innovator, then he should say: I take back my greeting of peace, by way of derogation.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Qutaybah ibn SaidTold us, Fourth generation, died 240 AH
  3. 3Abd al-Aziz ad-DarawardiTold us, Third generation, died 182 AH
  4. 4Suhayl ibn Abi SalihFrom, Successor, died 138 AH
  5. 5Abu Salih as-SammanFrom, Successor, died 101 AH
  6. 6Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

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