If you pass by a group of people and you do not know whether they are Muslims or not, do you greet them with the salam?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I pass by a group of people and I do not know whether they are Muslims or not, do I greet them with the salam?
Answer:
If they are in the lands of the Muslims, the default is that they are Muslims, so you greet them with the salam. But if they are in lands other than the lands of the Muslims, you do not greet them with the salam until it is more likely in your mind, or you know, that they are Muslims. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If I pass by a group of people and I do not know whether they are Muslims or not, do I greet them with the salam?
Answer:
If they are in the lands of the Muslims, the default is that they are Muslims, so you greet them with the salam. But if they are in lands other than the lands of the Muslims, you do not greet them with the salam until it is more likely in your mind, or you know, that they are Muslims. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [197 -954] إذا مررت بأناس ولا أعلم هل هم مسلمين أم لا، فهل أسلم عليهم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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