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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1117

Answering a letter

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حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شَرِيكٌ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ ذَرِيحٍ عَنْ عَامِرٍ

عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ إِنِّي لَأَرَى لِجَوَابِ الْكِتَابِ حَقًّا كَرَدِّ السَّلامِ

Translation

✧ From Ibn ʿAbbās, who said: "I consider answering a letter to be a right, just like returning the greeting of peace."

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