Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

A man entrusted another with the delivery of his salam to a third party, but the recipient forgot to deliver this trust. Does he sin for that?

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
May Allah reward you. In his third question, he says: If a person does not deliver a trust, such as when someone tells him, "Give my salam to so-and-so," and he forgets, or if he mentions him to that person in a bad way or speaks ill of him in his absence, does he sin for not delivering the salam of the Muslim? And if he remembers after a period of time, is he required to tell him, or should he remain silent about it?

Answer:
The matter of conveying salam and transmitting salam is a good thing; it involves communication and reconciliation between people. However, if the one who carried it forgets, the one who carried the salam forgets it, there is no blame on him for that. People are excused for error and forgetfulness, and they are not held accountable for it. There is no blame on him for forgetting, and this does not permit the one who entrusted him with the salam to speak ill of his honor or to disparage him. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5221- أوصاه رجل بتبليغ سلامه لآخر فنسي إيصال هذه الأمانة، فهل يأثم لذلك؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa