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Jami' at-TirmidhiThe Book on Military Expeditions

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1602

Chapter: What Has Been Related About Greeting The People Of The Book With Salam

Authentic 4 scholars’ grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 1602

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏

"‏ لاَ تَبْدَءُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى بِالسَّلاَمِ وَإِذَا لَقِيتُمْ أَحَدَهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ ‏"

Narrated Abu Hurairah:

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Do not precede the Jews and the Christians with the Salam. And if one you meets one of them in the path, then force him to its narrow portion."

[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar, Anas, and Abu Basrah Al-Ghifari the Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ).

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. And regarding the meaning of this Hadith: "Do not precede the Jews and the Christians": Some of the poeple of knowledge said that it only means that it is disliked because it would be honoring them, and the Muslims were ordered to humiliate them. For this reason, when one of them is met on the path, then the path is not yielded for him, because doing so would amount to honoring them.

Reported by At-Tirmidhi (No. 1602, 2700).

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Al-Mubarakfuri — Tuhfat al-Ahwadhi

قَوْلُهُ : ( لَا تَبْدَءُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى ) أَيْ وَلَوْ كَانُوا ذِمِّيِّينَ فَضْلًا عَنْ غَيْرِهِمَا مِنْ الْكُفَّارِ ( بِالسَّلَامِ ) لِأَنَّ الِابْتِدَاءَ بِهِ إِعْزَازٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَيْهِ , وَلَا يَجُوزُ إِعْزَازُهُمْ , وَكَذَا لَا يَجُوزُ تَوَادُدُهُمْ وَتَحَابُبُهُمْ بِالسَّلَامِ وَنَحْوِهِ , قَالَ تَعَالَى : { لَا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاَللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ } الْآيَةَ وَلِأَنَّا مَأْمُورُونَ بِإِذْلَالِهِمْ كَمَا أَشَارَ إِلَيْهِ سُبْحَانَهُ بِقَوْلِهِ { وَهُمْ صَاغِرُونَ }. كَذَا فِي الْمِرْقَاةِ ( فَاضْطَرُّوهُ ) أَيْ أَلْجِئُوهُ ( إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ ) أَيْ أَضْيَقِ الطَّرِيقِ بِحَيْثُ لَوْ كَانَ فِي الطَّرِيقِ جِ…

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Scholars’ grades

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1602
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH AuthenticSahih - Bukhari And Muslim The hadith No. 1602
Ahmad Shakird. 1377 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1602
Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 1602

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  • فوائد تمام الرازي (843)لا تَبْدَءُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَى بِالسَّلامِ ، وَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ

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Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 5205

Suhayl ibn AbuSalih 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 salutation first, for AbuHurayrah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Do not salute them (Jews and…

لاَ تَبْدَءُوهُمْ بِالسَّلاَمِ وَإِذَا لَقِيتُمُوهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَى أَضْيَقِ الطَّرِيقِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah

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