The Book of Faith-06b

The reciter: Qutaybah ibn Sa'id narrated to us, and al-Layth narrated to us. And Muhammad ibn Rumh ibn al-Muhajir narrated to us, saying: al-Layth informed us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Abi al-Khayr, from Abdullah ibn Amr:

The Shaykh : Is this the best of Islam? The best of Islam is the testimony of faith, prayer, and zakah, which are better than this. However, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) addresses every person according to what suits his condition. His saying: appears, and Allah knows best, in dealing with people. So he said: meaning: you feed the one who needs it, and meaning: you greet with peace those you know and those you do not know. Do not make your greeting only for those you know, but make your greeting for the reward, to those you know and those you do not know. There is no doubt that this general statement is restricted by other texts. For example, we do not greet Jews, Christians, and disbelievers with peace, even if we know them, due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): As for the one who openly commits sin, if there is good in boycotting him, we do not greet him with peace. So this general statement is restricted by other hadiths, because the Shari'ah is all one, and the One who speaks it is One, whether in the Qur'an or in the Sunnah. For this reason, the scholars said: the general is understood according to the specific, the unrestricted according to the restricted, and the ambiguous according to the clarified, and so on.