The Disbelievers Initiating the Greeting of Peace
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Questions Thirty and Thirty-One from Fatwa Number ( 12087 )
Q 30: Is it permissible for disbelievers to initiate the greeting of peace , especially if they are people of status, such as a professor at a university?
A 30: It is not permissible for a Muslim to initiate the greeting of peace to a disbeliever, even if he is a person of status; due to the generality of what is established in the hadiths prohibiting that, such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 2167a The hadith was narrated by Muslim .
Q 30: Is it permissible for disbelievers to initiate the greeting of peace , especially if they are people of status, such as a professor at a university?
A 30: It is not permissible for a Muslim to initiate the greeting of peace to a disbeliever, even if he is a person of status; due to the generality of what is established in the hadiths prohibiting that, such as his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you
لا تبدؤوا اليهود ولا النصارى بالسلام
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