al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3166
✧ Greeting the Disbelievers While Honoring the Elders Among Them
Show the chain
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
Translation
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.
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording.