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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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regarding the ruling on spreading the greeting of peace?

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The questioner : I would like to ask you, O Shaykh, may Allah reward you, about the issue of spreading the greeting of peace. The hadiths are general, and the original ruling for a command is obligation. Do we analogize spreading the greeting of peace to:
Eat from its side and not from the middle كلوا من جوانبها ولا تأكلوا من وسطها
Bulugh al-Maram 8:99
in the form you mentioned regarding the issue of spreading the greeting of peace.

The Shaykh : How?

The questioner : That the hadiths and verses have the original ruling for a command being obligation.

The Shaykh : Yes, that is right.

The questioner : Do we analogize it to:
Eat from its side and not from the middle بكلوا من جوانبها ولا تأكلوا من وسطها
Bulugh al-Maram 8:99
by consensus

The Shaykh : How? What do we say?

The questioner : I mean, for example!

The Shaykh : Spreading the greeting of peace is obligatory.

The questioner : Is spreading the greeting of peace obligatory?

The Shaykh : It is obligatory, because leaving it off leads to hatred and enmity. Yes.
Source alathar.net

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