Is the one who does not return the salam sinful?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The questioner:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the meaning of the greeting before the salam? And is the one who does not return the salam sinful?
The Shaykh:
This will come, if Allah wills, when discussing seeking permission, when discussing seeking permission, if Allah wills, yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah keep you safe. And is the one who does not return the salam sinful?
The Shaykh:
Yes, returning the salam is obligatory, and the obligatory is that its doer is rewarded and its abandoner is punished, so he is sinful if he abandons returning the salam. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the meaning of the greeting before the salam? And is the one who does not return the salam sinful?
The Shaykh:
This will come, if Allah wills, when discussing seeking permission, when discussing seeking permission, if Allah wills, yes.
The questioner:
He says: May Allah keep you safe. And is the one who does not return the salam sinful?
The Shaykh:
Yes, returning the salam is obligatory, and the obligatory is that its doer is rewarded and its abandoner is punished, so he is sinful if he abandons returning the salam. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [158 -954] هل يأثم من لم يرد السلام؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.