Is the prohibition on initiating the salam with disbelievers an exception if the greeting is the phrase: "Peace, O men"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: If a person enters the mosque and reaches the row, and there are people in it, does he say "As-salamu alaykum" to those sitting and then pray the greeting of the mosque, or does he pray first and then shake hands with the person to his right and to his left, as people are accustomed to doing when they enter the mosque?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with any of it, if Allah wills. It is permissible. Yes.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: If a person enters the mosque and reaches the row, and there are people in it, does he say "As-salamu alaykum" to those sitting and then pray the greeting of the mosque, or does he pray first and then shake hands with the person to his right and to his left, as people are accustomed to doing when they enter the mosque?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with any of it, if Allah wills. It is permissible. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1507] هل يُستثنى من النهي عن بدء الكفار بالسلام إذا كانت التحية بعبارة: سلام يا رجال؟ — youtube.com
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