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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Disbelievers Initiating the Greeting of Peace and Salutations

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: What is the ruling on initiating the greeting of peace to disbelievers?

The Shaykh:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade this
Do not precede the Jews and the Christians with the Salam. And ifلا تبدؤوا اليهود والنصارى بالسلام، وإذا
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1602Sahih (Darussalam)
They greet you, so you say, "And to you." Yes.

The questioner:
And likewise, may Allah preserve you, initiating them with a non-Islamic greeting, such as "good morning" or "good [morning]?"

The Shaykh:
I say that the greeting "good morning" is not permissible. Yes.
Source إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 20 صفر 1438 هـ — alfawzan.live (1:11:19)

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