Is the greeting initiated when answering the phone?
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Question:
If a person wants to answer the phone, does he start with the greeting, or does he confirm the voice and then the caller greets him?
Answer:
If he greeted you, you return the greeting. If he did not greet you, you ask, "Who is this?" and then you say, "Peace be upon you."
Q: So, he is the one who starts with the greeting?
The Shaykh: If he starts, otherwise you start.
Q: Is the first one not like the last one?
The Shaykh: The first one is not more entitled to it than the last one.
Q: What is meant?
The Shaykh: It means that greeting the first one is not more entitled to it than the last one. You must return the greeting; in fact, returning it is obligatory. Because Allah said: [Al-Nisa: 86]. The scholars said: Initiating the greeting is recommended, and returning it is obligatory.
If a person wants to answer the phone, does he start with the greeting, or does he confirm the voice and then the caller greets him?
Answer:
If he greeted you, you return the greeting. If he did not greet you, you ask, "Who is this?" and then you say, "Peace be upon you."
Q: So, he is the one who starts with the greeting?
The Shaykh: If he starts, otherwise you start.
Q: Is the first one not like the last one?
The Shaykh: The first one is not more entitled to it than the last one.
Q: What is meant?
The Shaykh: It means that greeting the first one is not more entitled to it than the last one. You must return the greeting; in fact, returning it is obligatory. Because Allah said:
And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or [at least] return it
وَإِذَا حُيِّيتُمْ بِتَحِيَّةٍ فَحَيُّوا بِأَحْسَنَ مِنْهَا أَوْ رُدُّوهَا
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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