Gardens of the Righteous — Page 165
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 165 ye people, multiply the greeting of peace, feed people, strengthen the ties of kinship and be in Prayer when others are asleep, you will enter Paradise in peace (Tirmidhi). 853. Tufail ibn Ubayy ibn Ka'ab relates that he would visit Abdullah ibn Umar in the morning and would accompany him into the market place. . Abdullah would offer the greeting of peace to every petty shopkeeper, trader and poor person. One day when I came to him he asked me to accompany him into the market place. I said to him: What will you do in the market place?. You do not stop to buy anything, nor do you inquire about any article or its price, nor do you sit down with any company. Let us sit down here and talk. . He retorted: O man of the belly (Tufail had somewhat of a belly) we shall go into the market place to greet everyone we meet with the salutation of peace (Malik). 131. . On the Manner of Greeting 854. Imran ibn Husain relates: A man came to the Holy Prophet and said: Peace be on you. The Holy Prophet returned his greeting and the man sat down. The Holy Prophet said: Ten (meaning the man had earned the merit of ten good deeds). Another one came and said: Peace be on you and the mercy of Allah. The Holy Prophet returned his greeting and the man sat down. . The Holy Prophet said: Twenty. A third one came and said: Peace be on you and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. The Holy Prophet returned his greeting and he sat down. The Holy Prophet said: Thirty (Abu Daud and. Tirmidhi). . 855. Ayesha relates: The Holy Prophet said to me: Here is Gabriel. He greets you with the salutation of peace. I said: Peace be on him and the mercy of Allah and His blessings (Bokhari and Muslim). 856. This hadith is the same as No. 699. 857. Miqdad relates in the course of a long hadith: We used to set aside for the Holy Prophet his share of the milk. He would come at night and offer his greeting in a tone that did not disturb the sleeping but was heard by the waking. In fact the Holy Prophet came and offered his greeting as he was wont. (Muslim). 858. This hadith is included in No. 869. 859. This hadith is included in No. 862. 860. This hadith is included in No. 799.