Is it permissible to initiate a greeting to a disbeliever with something other than the salam, such as "good morning"?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on initiating a greeting to a disbeliever with something other than the salam, such as "good morning" or the like?
Answer:
They are all the same in meaning. You do not initiate with the salam, nor with "good morning." But if they initiate with you, you return the greeting. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on initiating a greeting to a disbeliever with something other than the salam, such as "good morning" or the like?
Answer:
They are all the same in meaning. You do not initiate with the salam, nor with "good morning." But if they initiate with you, you return the greeting. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1485- هل يجوز ابتداء الكافر بتحيةٍ غير السلام كـ«صباح الخير»؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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