Is it obligatory to give the greeting of peace, or is it not?
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The questioner : Regarding the greeting, is it obligatory for one who enters to give the greeting?
The Shaykh : He entered.
The questioner : He entered upon us.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is not obligatory for him to give the greeting.
The Shaykh : What did he do when he entered?
The questioner : He sat down and did not give the greeting.
The Shaykh : Yes, he has committed a sin.
The questioner : Because there is a command from the Messenger of Allah to give the greeting; because there is a widespread belief that giving the greeting is a recommended practice (sunnah) and returning it is obligatory, whereas both contain an obligation.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But if it is repeated, it is no longer obligatory.
The Shaykh : Its repetition.
The questioner : I mean, he went out and came back, so its repetition...
The Shaykh : No, it is obligatory.
The questioner : So...
The Shaykh : .
The questioner : It is not the repetition upon exiting, but the repetition upon returning. I went out, got the recorder, and came back here.
Another questioner : ... .
The questioner : Here, it becomes a recommended practice (sunnah).
The Shaykh : This is spreading the greeting.
The questioner : It was reported from Aisha that she said:
Eid Abbasi : The tree, if a space is made between them.
The Shaykh : He entered.
The questioner : He entered upon us.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : It is not obligatory for him to give the greeting.
The Shaykh : What did he do when he entered?
The questioner : He sat down and did not give the greeting.
The Shaykh : Yes, he has committed a sin.
The questioner : Because there is a command from the Messenger of Allah to give the greeting; because there is a widespread belief that giving the greeting is a recommended practice (sunnah) and returning it is obligatory, whereas both contain an obligation.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : But if it is repeated, it is no longer obligatory.
The Shaykh : Its repetition.
The questioner : I mean, he went out and came back, so its repetition...
The Shaykh : No, it is obligatory.
The questioner : So...
The Shaykh :
If one of you enters a gathering, let him give the greeting, and if he leaves, let him give the greeting, for the first is not more deserving than the second.
إذا دخل أحدكم المجلس فليسلِّم ، وإذا خرج فليسلِّم ، فليست الأولى بأحقَّ من الأخرىThe questioner : It is not the repetition upon exiting, but the repetition upon returning. I went out, got the recorder, and came back here.
Another questioner : ... .
The questioner : Here, it becomes a recommended practice (sunnah).
The Shaykh : This is spreading the greeting.
The questioner : It was reported from Aisha that she said:
Eid Abbasi : The tree, if a space is made between them.
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