What is the ruling on excessive greeting until people become annoyed?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. With the accusative case, Honorable is in the accusative case. Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Go back and pay attention to the rule so that you can apply it.
The questioner : A vocative from a sound. Here, a vocative from a sound.
The Shaykh : How? If it is a guest, if it is a guest, yes.
The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is your view of the one who gives the salam excessively every time he enters or exits, even if he is absent for a short time, in a manner that causes the listener to be annoyed by it, and then to turn away from him? And then. And then he turns away from him. Then. You give us. A particle of children and then an adverb of place. And then he turns away from him, so the intended purpose of the salam is not achieved from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 54a, but rather the opposite of that occurs due to the frequency of his repetition. Due to my... Due to the frequency of his repetition, so what is the solution with this, may Allah grant you success?
The Shaykh : The solution in this is that if we know that the man comes and gives the salam, then leaves from behind the wall, then returns and gives the salam, then leaves and comes and gives the salam, this is perhaps a man who is most like one who is joking or playing. But if it is genuine, then we do not get tired of that salam, and we are rewarded and he is also rewarded. But what makes some people object to this is that they are not accustomed to it, and souls may turn away from what they were not accustomed to, even if it is praiseworthy. But if people become accustomed to it, it will not be annoying. For example, if a person has a group in the gathering, then he goes to the house to bring coffee, and he brings the coffee and says, "As-salamu alaykum," then when they finish the coffee, he goes and brings the tea, and when he brings the tea he says, "As-salamu alaykum," and when the tea is finished, he goes to the house and brings the incense, and when he brings it he says, "As-salamu alaykum," and when the people are done with that, he goes to the house and brings the display and says, "As-salamu alaykum." Do people get tired of this? I do not think they get tired of it, except for one who is not accustomed to it, who might get tired of it. So if people become accustomed to it and it becomes part of their custom, it becomes a familiar and known matter, not a blameworthy one. Yes.
The Shaykh : Go back and pay attention to the rule so that you can apply it.
The questioner : A vocative from a sound. Here, a vocative from a sound.
The Shaykh : How? If it is a guest, if it is a guest, yes.
The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, may Allah reward you, what is your view of the one who gives the salam excessively every time he enters or exits, even if he is absent for a short time, in a manner that causes the listener to be annoyed by it, and then to turn away from him? And then. And then he turns away from him. Then. You give us. A particle of children and then an adverb of place. And then he turns away from him, so the intended purpose of the salam is not achieved from his saying (peace and blessings be upon him)
Should I not direct you to a thing which, if you do, will foster love amongst you: (i. e.) give currency to (the practice of paying salutation to one another by saying) as-salamu alaikum.
ألا أدلكم على شيء إذا فعلتموه تحاببتم أفشوا السلام بينكمThe Shaykh : The solution in this is that if we know that the man comes and gives the salam, then leaves from behind the wall, then returns and gives the salam, then leaves and comes and gives the salam, this is perhaps a man who is most like one who is joking or playing. But if it is genuine, then we do not get tired of that salam, and we are rewarded and he is also rewarded. But what makes some people object to this is that they are not accustomed to it, and souls may turn away from what they were not accustomed to, even if it is praiseworthy. But if people become accustomed to it, it will not be annoying. For example, if a person has a group in the gathering, then he goes to the house to bring coffee, and he brings the coffee and says, "As-salamu alaykum," then when they finish the coffee, he goes and brings the tea, and when he brings the tea he says, "As-salamu alaykum," and when the tea is finished, he goes to the house and brings the incense, and when he brings it he says, "As-salamu alaykum," and when the people are done with that, he goes to the house and brings the display and says, "As-salamu alaykum." Do people get tired of this? I do not think they get tired of it, except for one who is not accustomed to it, who might get tired of it. So if people become accustomed to it and it becomes part of their custom, it becomes a familiar and known matter, not a blameworthy one. Yes.
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قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، لقاء[13 من 21] ما حكم الإكثار من السلام حتى يمل الناس؟!! الشيخ ابن عثيمين - مشروع كبار العلماء — youtube.com
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