What is the evidence for giving the greeting to the people of the mosque before the greeting of the mosque?
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The questioner : The evidence regarding the answer to both questions, for the brother, regarding a person entering the mosque and offering the greeting, and the second question: regarding the second congregation; what is the evidence for both?
The Shaykh : As for the evidence for the first issue:; that is, I will now give you an example: suppose I entered the mosque now, so... do I leave him and enter, stop, and pray the greeting, or do I greet him?
The questioner : No, I greet him.
The Shaykh : That is one case. The second case: the mosque is naturally spacious; he is on one side and I am on the other, so here the meeting has not taken place;Sahih Muslim 2162b. However, if you meet him, you must greet him. What... you greet him? Like this picture now, if you meet him, it is obligatory for you to greet him. As for some people, including Ibn al-Qayyim... but I do not know who said this; that you enter the mosque and start with the greeting and then greet him; this is absolutely incorrect; for two reasons it is not correct: First: it contradicts the hadith: Sahih Muslim 2162b. So if you meet your brother and do not greet him, you have explicitly contradicted the hadith. Second: we have no text that commands us, even if this hadith Sahih Muslim 2162b did not exist, but spreading the greeting is established, and offering the greeting is prescribed; so we have no text that says it is not permissible to initiate the greeting so that I can start with the greeting of the mosque; we have no text at all; so how, when we have this text Sahih Muslim 2162b? That is the first case.
The other case: we entered a mosque, and let us imagine it is a large mosque, very large. We have the Umayyad Mosque, and you have the al-Husayni Mosque. I entered once or twice... it is large and spacious, meaning it extends like this from east to west. So you entered from the door that comes from the east side, and your companion is there in the west of the mosque. You want to greet him, you want to say: Peace be upon you. You will hear him until he hears you; no, here you proceed with the greeting; because it did not reach you:.
Is it clear? Yes? Good? Okay, what remains? The second issue.
The questioner : ... .
The Shaykh : As for the evidence for the first issue:
The right of a Muslim over a Muslim is five; if you meet him, greet him
حقُّ المسلم على المسلم خمس ؛ إذا لقيتَه فسلِّم عليهThe questioner : No, I greet him.
The Shaykh : That is one case. The second case: the mosque is naturally spacious; he is on one side and I am on the other, so here the meeting has not taken place;
When you meet him, offer him greetings
إذا لقيتَه فسلِّم عليهWhen you meet him, offer him greetings
إذا لقيتَه فسلِّم عليهWhen you meet him, offer him greetings
إذا لقيتَه فسلِّم عليهWhen you meet him, offer him greetings
إذا لقيته فسلِّم عليهThe other case: we entered a mosque, and let us imagine it is a large mosque, very large. We have the Umayyad Mosque, and you have the al-Husayni Mosque. I entered once or twice... it is large and spacious, meaning it extends like this from east to west. So you entered from the door that comes from the east side, and your companion is there in the west of the mosque. You want to greet him, you want to say: Peace be upon you. You will hear him until he hears you; no, here you proceed with the greeting; because it did not reach you:
If you do not meet him, greet him
إذا ما لقيتَه فسلِّم عليهIs it clear? Yes? Good? Okay, what remains? The second issue.
The questioner : ... .
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