The Fifth Topic: Responding to a Greeting with Something Better or the Same.

The Shaykh : Among the topics of the greeting is this: if someone greets you with a clear, distinct voice, you should respond with a clear, distinct voice. Regrettably, you sometimes greet someone with a clear, distinct "As-salamu alaykum," and the other person responds with a faint reply that you may or may not hear. Or you greet them with a cheerful face, and they respond to you with a frown. This is not permissible, because Allah the Exalted said: With what? . So He began with the better, at the very least. Undoubtedly, if you greet a person with a loud, clear voice and an open, relaxed face, and then he responds to you with a scowl and a frown, it is certain that he has not responded in kind. So, my brothers, we must pay attention to these matters, keep them in mind, and seek our reward from Allah. A single greeting is worth ten good deeds. This is a great and abundant blessing. We ask Allah to grant us and you steadfastness upon His religion; indeed, He is capable of all things. We also hope that if you see an important topic in this blessed gathering, you will write to us or to the place of da'wah and guidance to inform us of it, because you may come across matters that we do not, which are important. That is, matters where the discussion is significant. Therefore, I repeat my hope that if you see something that requires attention or research, you will assist us with it, because the believer is to the believer like a building, each part strengthening the other. And the believer is a mirror to his brother. We move on to the questions, asking Allah to guide us to the correct answers. Amen.

The questioner : May Allah reward the honorable Shaykh with the best reward. These are the questions for the forty-seventh gathering.