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Does excessive greeting reduce knowledge?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Some people, when I greet them several times, tell me that excessive greeting reduces knowledge. Is this correct?

Answer:
Some people say. May Allah keep you safe. Some people, when I greet them several times, tell me that excessive greeting reduces knowledge. What is the basis for this? The greeting is as in the hadith:
to one whom you know or do not knowعلى من عرفت ومن لم تعرف.
Sahih Muslim 39
But if you greet someone the first time, you are not required to repeat it, except as it was reported that it was done three times. Three times: if he comes and greets the people sitting there three times, there is a basis for this, that he repeats it. And if he thinks that the rest did not receive the greeting, he conveys it to them, so he repeats it in order to convey it to them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1491] هل الإكثار من السلام يقلل المعرفة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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