صحيح البخاري

Hadith 6237

Book 79: The Book of Asking Permission

كِتَاب الِاسْتِئْذَانِ

Chapter 9

(9) Chapter. To greet those whom one knows and those whom one does not know.

9- بَابُ السَّلاَمِ لِلْمَعْرِفَةِ وَغَيْرِ الْمَعْرِفَةِ:

English narration

Narrated by أبو أيوب الأنصاري

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is not lawful for a Muslim to desert (not to speak to) his brother Muslim for more than three days while meeting, one turns his face to one side and the other turns his face to the other side. Lo! The better of the two is the one who starts greeting the other."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اللَّيْثِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : "

لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَهْجُرَ أَخَاهُ فَوْقَ ثَلَاثٍ ، يَلْتَقِيَانِ ، فَيَصُدُّ هَذَا وَيَصُدُّ هَذَا ، وَخَيْرُهُمَا الَّذِي يَبْدَأُ بِالسَّلَامِ

" ، وَذَكَرَ سُفْيَانُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ مِنْهُ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ .

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6237In-book: Book 79, Hadith 6237

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