The ruling on one who does not greet his brothers in the mosque on the grounds that they hold a defective creed
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The questioner: What is your advice to one who prays with his brothers in the mosque and does not greet them in the mosque on the grounds that their creed is defective?The Shaykh: And what is his own creed like?The questioner: According to his claim, it is correct.
The Shaykh: He does not greet them, even in the prayer,Meaning: He does not say: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The questioner: After the prayer, he does not greet them.
The Shaykh: I mean: when he recites the tashahhud, he stands up and does not greet them?The questioner: He does not greet them.
The Shaykh: I mean, does he greet them in the prayer?The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: But he does not turn his head?The questioner: No.
After the prayer, he does not greet them at all, even inside the mosque. They are one Pakistani and one Indian, on the grounds that their creed is defective.
The Shaykh: In any case, as you know, greeting is a recommended practice (sunnah). Greeting outside of the prayer greeting is a recommended practice (sunnah); if he wishes, he greets, and if he wishes, he does not. However, we see that this imam, as long as he is an imam, should seek to reconcile these people and teach them the correct creed; because they are ignorant, and most of these workers who come to us have lived in a country where its people have some deviation, and they do not know. It is their right upon us that we teach them and call them to the Sunnah. So we advise this man to greet when he enters, to seek to reconcile them, and to teach them, either in every obligatory prayer or in the obligatory prayer in which they are not occupied.
The Shaykh: He does not greet them, even in the prayer,Meaning: He does not say: Peace be upon you and Allah's mercy.
The questioner: After the prayer, he does not greet them.
The Shaykh: I mean: when he recites the tashahhud, he stands up and does not greet them?The questioner: He does not greet them.
The Shaykh: I mean, does he greet them in the prayer?The questioner: Yes, that is correct.
The Shaykh: But he does not turn his head?The questioner: No.
After the prayer, he does not greet them at all, even inside the mosque. They are one Pakistani and one Indian, on the grounds that their creed is defective.
The Shaykh: In any case, as you know, greeting is a recommended practice (sunnah). Greeting outside of the prayer greeting is a recommended practice (sunnah); if he wishes, he greets, and if he wishes, he does not. However, we see that this imam, as long as he is an imam, should seek to reconcile these people and teach them the correct creed; because they are ignorant, and most of these workers who come to us have lived in a country where its people have some deviation, and they do not know. It is their right upon us that we teach them and call them to the Sunnah. So we advise this man to greet when he enters, to seek to reconcile them, and to teach them, either in every obligatory prayer or in the obligatory prayer in which they are not occupied.