not returning salaam

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15/08/2007 9:42:57 AM

Thanks Mehboob, your answer made me think. Indeed they are bigger things to attend to :)

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17/08/2007 1:37:24 PM

Thanks for your answers. I did do some more research and would like to share for others who happen upon this question:

Answering a greeting is obligatory: “When you are greeted with a greeting, reply with a better one or return it...” (The Qur’an, Chapter An-Nisa’a, 4: 86)
- taken from: http://wefound.org/texts/Islam...

* Conduct With The Person Who Does Not Say Salaam *

It has been narrated from Ibn Umar, that the Holy Prophet (PBUH) said, "He who speaks without firstly giving salaam, then do not answer him (to what he has to say)."

* Warning Upon Not Replying To The Salaam *

It has been narrated from Abdur Rahmaan ibn Shayba; he says the Holy Prophet Peace & Blessings Be Upon Himsaid, "A rider should give salaam to a walking person, a walking person should give salaam to a seated person, a small group should give salaam to a larger group, whoever then responds to salaam, it is for his benefit, and he who does not respond to salaam, is not from amongst us." Ibn Sunni has narrated this and also Imaam Bukhari in his book Al Adabul Mufrad. On these bases Allama Nawawi in his commentary of Sahih Muslim has said, "To commence salaam is Sunnah and to reply is Wajib." Similarly Hafiz ibn Abdul Bar says, "It is an unanimous agreement of the Muslims that to commence Salaam is Sunnah and to reply is Wajib."

taken from:
http://www.inter-islam.org/Rig...



* The Miser *

Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #1046

Abu Huraira, r.a., said, "The most miserly of all people is one who is miserly with greetings. The weakest of all people is a person who is weak in [making] du'a (supplication prayer).".


* End a Three Day Dispute with Salaams *

Hadith - Sunan of Abu Dawood 4894, Narrated Abu Hurayrah

The Prophet said: It is not allowable for a believer to keep from a believer for more than three days. If three days pass, he should meet him and give him a salutation, and if he replies to it they will both have shared in the reward; but if he does not reply he will bear his sin (according to Ahmad's version) and the one who gives the salutation will have come forth from the sin of keeping apart.


* Not Replying to Salaams *

Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi 41, Narrated Uthman ibn Affan

When the Prophet died, some of his companions were so much aggrieved (at his death) that they were disposed to doubts. Uthman said: I was one of them. While I was sitting there happened to pass by me Umar and he offered me salutation which I did not notice. Umar made a complaint of that to AbuBakr. Then both of them came and offered me salutation and

AbuBakr said: What prompted you to ignore the salutation of your brother, Umar.

I said: I never did that.

Umar said: By Allah, of course you did that.

I said: By Allah I did not perceive that you passed by me and paid salutation.

AbuBakr said: Uthman is speaking the truth and something must have absorbed your mind (that you did not take notice of this matter).

I said: Yes it is so.

He said: What is that?

I said: Allah has taken away His Prophet SAAWS before we asked him how we could free ourselves from the snares of the world and the devil.

AbuBakr said: I did ask about that.

So I got near to him and said to him: May my father and mother be taken as ransom for you and you were the worthiest to ask.

Thereupon AbuBakr said: I said to Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him), how one could free oneself from the snares of the world and devil.

Thereupon Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: He who accepted from me the word that I presented to my uncle which he rejected is the freedom (from them) (Affirmation of the oneness of Allah and the Apostlehood of Muhammad).

taken from: http://muttaqun.com/greeting.h...

Having said that I am humbled by Mehboob's reply and award this question to him. Jazak'Allah.