Is the command for obligation in "Spread the greeting of peace"?
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Question:
Riyad as-Salihin 1166 Is the command for obligation?
Answer:
What is known among the scholars is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), and the opinion that it is obligatory is a strong opinion, but what is known among the scholars is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), and the response is obligatory [Al-Nisa:86] So the response is obligatory and initiating it is a recommended practice (sunnah). Likewise, feeding food and the night prayer while people are sleeping; all of these are recommended practices (sunnah). The obligatory ones are the five prayers.
Q: Your preferred opinion?
The Shaykh: The apparent opinion of the imams is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), as for the response [Al-Nisa:86] the response is obligatory.
O people, promote the greetings
أيها الناس أفشوا السلامAnswer:
What is known among the scholars is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), and the opinion that it is obligatory is a strong opinion, but what is known among the scholars is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), and the response is obligatory
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 رُدُّوهَاQ: Your preferred opinion?
The Shaykh: The apparent opinion of the imams is that it is a recommended practice (sunnah), as for the response
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
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