Other issues related to the greeting of peace.

The Shaykh : Now, if you enter a gathering where there are both disbelievers and Muslims, do you give the greeting of peace or not? We say: give the greeting, but intend it for whom? For the Muslims. You say, "Peace be upon you," addressing the group, but you intend the Muslims, not the disbelievers, because it is not permissible to initiate the greeting of peace with disbelievers. And actions are by intentions, so in this case, you intend the Muslims and no one else. Now, if you enter a gathering and there is an elderly man in it for his knowledge, his virtue, or something similar, and you give the greeting intending this scholar, but someone else returns it, is the obligation lifted from this scholar, whom we know was the one the greeter specifically intended? The answer is no. For this reason, if a person enters and gives the greeting, and I know that he only intends the scholar, we tell the scholar that he must return the greeting. If someone else returns it, it does not suffice, because we know that the intention of the one entering with the greeting is to greet this scholar above all else. These are a few points regarding the greeting of peace. Finally, I advise you to spread the greeting of peace among yourselves. Spread the greeting of peace. Let no one pass by another without greeting him. Plant affection among yourselves, and your faith will increase thereby. This will be a cause for your entry into Paradise. It is among the noble qualities of character and the excellent deeds. May Allah guide us and you to that, and make us and you among those who listen to the statement and then follow the best of it. Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. And now, to the questions.