The ruling on greeting a disbeliever.
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The Shaykh : You heard in the hadith: ; this is a restriction that establishes that it is not obligatory for a Muslim to offer the Muslim greeting, or in other words, the Islamic greeting is not obligatory for him to offer to a non-Muslim. Rather, this is by the implication of this restriction: , or Sahih al-Bukhari 1240 the implication of the attribute. However, there is an explicit hadith that confirms this ruling implied by this description of this authentic hadith; namely his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Bulugh al-Maram 16:10. This is a hadith in "al-Sahihayn."
And there is another hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, meaning:.
The point is: that this ruling is a right of the Muslim over the Muslim to initiate the greeting, and this is not part of the Muslim's etiquette with the disbeliever. Therefore, many people err when they meet a man who is not of them, who is not a Muslim, and they greet him with the Islamic greeting; thereby they contradict the two aforementioned hadiths.
of a Muslim over a Muslim
من المسلم على المسلمThe Muslim over the Muslim
المسلم على المسلمThe rights of a Muslim on the Muslims
حقُّ المسلم على المسلمDo not initiate the saluting of Jews and Christians (when you meet them), and if you meet any of them on the road, force him to go to the narrowest part of the road
لا تبدؤوا اليهود والنصارى بالسلام ، وإذا لقيتُمُوهم فاضطرُّوهم إلى أضيق الطرقAnd there is another hadith in which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said, meaning:
We are going to the Jews; so do not initiate the greeting to them, and if one of them greets you, say: And to you.
إنَّا ذاهبون إلى يهود ؛ فلا تبدؤوهم بالسلام ، وإذا سلَّم أحدهم عليكم فقولوا : وعليكمThe point is: that this ruling is a right of the Muslim over the Muslim to initiate the greeting, and this is not part of the Muslim's etiquette with the disbeliever. Therefore, many people err when they meet a man who is not of them, who is not a Muslim, and they greet him with the Islamic greeting; thereby they contradict the two aforementioned hadiths.
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