Sunan Abi Dawud · (Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي السَّلاَمِ عَلَى أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ
Chapter: Regarding greeting Ahl-ad-dhimmah.
3 hadith · references 5205–5207
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Abu Dawud · 5205لَا تَبْدَءُوهُمْ بِالسَّلَامِ , وَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ , فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى أَضْيَقِ الطَّرِيقِِNarrated Abu Hurairah: Suhayl ibn Abu Salih said: I went out with my father to Syria. The people passed by the cloisters in which there were Christians and began to salute them. My father said: Do not give them salutatio5 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5206إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَحَدُهُمْ فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ : السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ , فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْNarrated Abdullah ibn Umar: The Prophet ﷺ said: When one of the Jews greets you saying: Death may come upon you, reply: The same to you. Abu Dawud said: Malik bin Adb Allah bin Dinar transmitted it in a similar manner, a4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 5207أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالُوا لِلنَّبِيِّ :Anas said: The Companions of the prophet ﷺ said to the prophet ﷺ: The people of the Book salute us. How should we reply to them? He said: say: the same to you.4 narrators