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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The ruling on greeting a Muslim with the phrase "Peace be upon those who follow the guidance"

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Question:
The questioner says: What is the ruling on greeting a Muslim with the phrase "Peace be upon those who follow the guidance"?

Answer:
It is not permissible to say this to a Muslim; you say "Peace be upon you" to him. Rather, this phrase is said to a disbeliever:
And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَىٰ
[Taha 20:47]
, just as Musa and Harun (peace be upon them) said to Pharaoh:
And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَىٰ
[Taha 20:47]
, and our Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say it when he wrote to the disbelievers:
And peace will be upon he who follows the guidance.وَالسَّلَامُ عَلَىٰ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَىٰ
[Taha 20:47]
. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah bless you
Source قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7525 — youtube.com (6:09)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

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