What is the ruling on saying: "May Allah keep you safe?" or "May Allah keep you in good health?"
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The Shaykh : So, your second question, the one you rushed to, what was it?
The questioner : .
The Shaykh : No, no, this is a third question now. May Allah guide you. This has become a third question. I think we are recording this against you.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Haha, the truth is not on us.
The questioner : I mean, for example, if one person sees another and says to him: "May Allah keep you safe," for example.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Or "May Allah keep you in good health."
The Shaykh : After the Islamic greeting, say whatever you wish from what is permissible.
The questioner : Who says that Allah keeps him safe?!
The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. After the Islamic greeting, say whatever you wish from what is permissible in speech. Is the answer understood?
The questioner : Yes, after the greeting.
The Shaykh : When you say "As-salamu alaykum," "May Allah give you a good morning," "May Allah keep you in good health," "May you have a good evening," and so on, all of this is permissible. But before the greeting, it is not:.
The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!!
The Shaykh : This is how the Messenger (peace be upon him) said it.
The questioner : (May Allah send prayers and blessings upon him).
The Shaykh : And therefore, one of the widespread errors today in many Muslim societies is that the Islamic greeting has become a forgotten thing. "Good morning," "Good evening," "Welcome," and so on—these phrases all come in the second place. In the first place is the Islamic greeting, one of the virtues of which is his saying (may Allah send prayers and blessings upon him):!
The questioner: Allah is the Greatest!!
The Shaykh : They envied us. And so, out of their envy—yes, yes—and so, out of their envy, "when they came to the Prophet (may Allah send prayers and blessings upon him and his family), they would mislead people into thinking they were greeting him with the Islamic greeting. But the truth was that one of them would twist his tongue with what he said, or twist his tongue with what he said. So he would say, if he spoke clearly, 'As-salamu alaykum, O Messenger of Allah,' or 'O Muhammad,' but he would mumble it. Haha, he is not paying attention, he does not understand 'As-salamu alaykum.'"
The questioner :
Do not make me your master in prayer
لا تسيِّدوني في الصلاةThe Shaykh : No, no, this is a third question now. May Allah guide you. This has become a third question. I think we are recording this against you.
The questioner: Hehehe.
The Shaykh : Haha, the truth is not on us.
The questioner : I mean, for example, if one person sees another and says to him: "May Allah keep you safe," for example.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Or "May Allah keep you in good health."
The Shaykh : After the Islamic greeting, say whatever you wish from what is permissible.
The questioner : Who says that Allah keeps him safe?!
The Shaykh : Listen, O Shaykh, may Allah guide you. After the Islamic greeting, say whatever you wish from what is permissible in speech. Is the answer understood?
The questioner : Yes, after the greeting.
The Shaykh : When you say "As-salamu alaykum," "May Allah give you a good morning," "May Allah keep you in good health," "May you have a good evening," and so on, all of this is permissible. But before the greeting, it is not:
So whoever speaks to you before the greeting, do not respond to him
فَمَن كلَّمَكم قبل السلام فلا تجيبوهThe questioner: Allah is the Greatest!!
The Shaykh : This is how the Messenger (peace be upon him) said it.
The questioner : (May Allah send prayers and blessings upon him).
The Shaykh : And therefore, one of the widespread errors today in many Muslim societies is that the Islamic greeting has become a forgotten thing. "Good morning," "Good evening," "Welcome," and so on—these phrases all come in the second place. In the first place is the Islamic greeting, one of the virtues of which is his saying (may Allah send prayers and blessings upon him):
The Jews did not envy you as they envied you regarding the greeting and the closing salam in prayer
ما حَسَدَتْكم اليهود كما حَسَدَتْكم على السلام والتأمين في الصلاةThe questioner: Allah is the Greatest!!
The Shaykh : They envied us. And so, out of their envy—yes, yes—and so, out of their envy, "when they came to the Prophet (may Allah send prayers and blessings upon him and his family), they would mislead people into thinking they were greeting him with the Islamic greeting. But the truth was that one of them would twist his tongue with what he said, or twist his tongue with what he said. So he would say, if he spoke clearly, 'As-salamu alaykum, O Messenger of Allah,' or 'O Muhammad,' but he would mumble it. Haha, he is not paying attention, he does not understand 'As-salamu alaykum.'"
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