Urging the initiative to greet one another with peace among Muslims.
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The Shaykh : And I beg you, and I beg you again, that this slogan not die among you, O Muslims, to the point where some of you do not greet others with peace.
So if someone says: "I am afraid that if I greet him with peace, he will not return the greeting, and I will bear the sin for it, because if he does not return the greeting, he has left an obligatory duty, and one who leaves an obligatory duty is deserving of punishment. I am afraid that I will expose him to that?"
So what is the answer? Who among you is the genius who will answer this difficulty?
If he says: "I do not greet him, I am afraid that he will not return the greeting to me, so he will sin, and I will be the cause of his sin?" The geniuses. There are many. Please, go ahead.
The student: If he does not return the greeting to you, the angels will return the greeting to him.
The Shaykh : No, who told you that? Who said this, that the angels will return the greeting to you? Rest.
The student: If he does not return the greeting to me, his sin is on his own side.
The Shaykh : His sin is on his own side, yes. I greet him, and if he does not greet me, the sin is on him, because I greeted him with good for his benefit, and also to fulfill his right, so I greet him. And the fact that he does not do so, the sin is on him. I did not greet him so that he would sin, but I greeted him so that he would be rewarded, because when a person greets with peace, he has ten good deeds, and when his companion returns it, he has the same. So based on this, we say: greet, even if you are convinced in your mind that the one you are greeting will not return it, do not let it worry you, greet.
So if someone says: "I am afraid that if I greet him with peace, he will not return the greeting, and I will bear the sin for it, because if he does not return the greeting, he has left an obligatory duty, and one who leaves an obligatory duty is deserving of punishment. I am afraid that I will expose him to that?"
So what is the answer? Who among you is the genius who will answer this difficulty?
If he says: "I do not greet him, I am afraid that he will not return the greeting to me, so he will sin, and I will be the cause of his sin?" The geniuses. There are many. Please, go ahead.
The student: If he does not return the greeting to you, the angels will return the greeting to him.
The Shaykh : No, who told you that? Who said this, that the angels will return the greeting to you? Rest.
The student: If he does not return the greeting to me, his sin is on his own side.
The Shaykh : His sin is on his own side, yes. I greet him, and if he does not greet me, the sin is on him, because I greeted him with good for his benefit, and also to fulfill his right, so I greet him. And the fact that he does not do so, the sin is on him. I did not greet him so that he would sin, but I greeted him so that he would be rewarded, because when a person greets with peace, he has ten good deeds, and when his companion returns it, he has the same. So based on this, we say: greet, even if you are convinced in your mind that the one you are greeting will not return it, do not let it worry you, greet.