What is the ruling on saying "Good morning," "Good evening," and "You have had a good morning"?

The questioner : ... "Good morning," "Good evening" is the greeting of the Jews. Is there a basis for this?

The Shaykh : No, if it is after the salam, say what you wish, because this is a custom and not a religious observance.

The questioner : ... even with ... .

The Shaykh: Yes.

The questioner : ... even with, "You have had a good morning."

The Shaykh : Even what?

The questioner : ... "You have had a good morning."

The Shaykh : I see nothing wrong with it if this is a custom used among the Arabs, the thing that was formerly a symbol ... the symbol ... no longer remains ... "Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah" [is like] the red fez.

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh : What was until recently the dress of the Syrians, and even the Lebanese, and even the Christians among them, the fez is a Roman garment that the Turks acquired when they conquered those lands from them. The first to popularize this fez was one who was imitating them, but the situation reversed, and the fez became the symbol of the Muslims, the symbol of the Muslim Turks.
The student : It became something some shaykhs wear.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : Shaykhs.

The Shaykh : Shaykhs, but O Abu al-Yaman, it is as if with the word "shaykhs" ... you are giving a general endorsement.
The student : ... No, we, this ... in the reality of people today, they have placed it ... this is my shaykh, we have them.
Another student: No.

The Shaykh : ... He does not know it, so we tell him, "Well, get to know it," heh heh.
The student : The research is not here, the research is in ... whenever one wakes up ... .

The Shaykh : ... from a jurisprudential perspective, this is ... heh heh heh.