al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3167
✧ Greeting the Disbelievers While Honoring the Elders Among Them
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وَحَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بُرْدَةَ ؓ، يَقُولُ:
« إِنَّ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَتَبَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِالسَّلَامِ، فَكَتَبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامَ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Yaḥyá
- Sufyān
- ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān
- Abū Burdah
✧ «A man from the polytheists wrote to the Messenger of God ﷺ with the greeting of peace, so the Messenger of God ﷺ wrote back returning the greeting.»
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