Do not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I inform you of something that, if you do it, you will love one another? Spread the greeting of peace among yourselves. And because a person...

The Shaykh : And because when a person greets his brother and says "As-salamu alaykum" or "As-salamu alayka" if it is one person, ten good deeds are recorded for him for that. If he greets ten people, one hundred good deeds are recorded for him. This is better than buying and selling. So Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would enter the market for the sake of the many people he could greet, because no one comes to his house, and if someone does come, it is far fewer than those in the market. But in the market, he passes by them and greets them. In this is evidence that a person should not get tired, meaning bored, of the abundance of greetings. If, for example, a hundred people meet you between you and the mosque, greet them. If you greet a hundred people, you get a thousand good deeds. This is a great blessing. In this is evidence of the righteous Salaf's eagerness to earn good deeds and that they do not neglect them, unlike our present time, where you find a person neglecting many good deeds. Ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was among the most eager people to hasten to do good. When Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to him from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) It was said: "What are the two qirats, O Messenger of Allah?" He said: The smaller of them is like Mount Uhud. And when Ibn 'Umar was told this hadith, he said: "By Allah, we have neglected many qirats" Then he would not let a funeral pass without following it (may Allah be pleased with him). And so the righteous Salaf, when they knew what good and reward there was in deeds, they hastened to them and were eager for them. So Ibn 'Umar would not leave a funeral without going out with it and following it, and he would regret what had passed. He said: "We have neglected many qirats" So what a believer should do is be eager to do good. Whenever a good trait becomes clear to him, let him hasten to it. We ask Allah to make us and you among those who race to do good. Indeed, He is capable of all things.