al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3166
✧ Greeting the Disbelievers While Honoring the Elders Among Them
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ؓ، قَالَ:
إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى رَجُلٍ عَلَى غَيْرِ دِينِ الْإِسْلَامِ: « سِلْمٌ أَنْتُمْ »، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ بِالسَّلَامِ، فَكَتَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فِي آخِرِ الْكِتَابِ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh
- ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān b. Mawhab
- Abū Burdah
✧ The Prophet ﷺ wrote to a man not of the Islamic faith, '«You are in peace»', so he wrote to the Prophet ﷺ with peace, and the Prophet ﷺ wrote at the end of the letter, greeting him.
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- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 40 AH, or: 41 AH, also said: 42 AH, also said: 45 AHهَانِئُ بْنُ نِيَارٍ الْبَلَوِيُّصحابيعن
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 151 and 160 AHعَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ مَوْهَبٍثقةعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), devout (ʿābid)d. 211 AH, or 212 AH, Ibn Saʿd said: 213 AHعَبْدُ اللهِثقة عابدحدثنا
- trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 228 AHمسدد بن مسرهدثقة حافظ
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