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Initiating The Greeting Of Salam To Jews And Christians
Assalamu Alaikum
Could you explain this hadith to me? Also, is it sahih?
Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Do not greet the Jews and the Christians before they greet you and when you meet any one of them on the roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، – يَعْنِي الدَّرَاوَرْدِيَّ – عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ لاَ تَبْدَءُوا الْيَهُودَ وَلاَ النَّصَارَى بِالسَّلاَمِ فَإِذَا لَقِيتُمْ أَحَدَهُمْ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَاضْطَرُّوهُ إِلَى أَضْيَقِهِ ” .
Link- https://sunnah.com/muslim:2167a
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Initiating The Greeting Of Salam To Jews And Christians
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It referred specifically to the People of the Book during the Prophet’s time, who, out of hostility, rejected God’s message even after the Prophet had fully conveyed the truth to them (Itmaam-e-Hujjat). At that point, God commanded the Prophet to fight them, and all prior relations were annulled before the final confrontation.
This directive was not a general command concerning all Jews and Christians.
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