Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "The one riding greets the one walking, and
when one of a group of people gives a greeting, it is
enough for all of them."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Wahb ibn Kaysan
that Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Ata said, "I was sitting with
Abdullah ibn Abbas when a Yemeni man came in. He said,
'Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His
blessing' (as-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu),
and then he added something more to that. Ibn Abbas said
(and at that time his eyesight had gone), 'Who is this?'
People said, 'This is a Yemeni who has come to see you,'
and they introduced him. Ibn Abbas said, 'The greeting
ends with the word blessing.' "
Yahya said that Malik was asked, "Does one greet a
woman?" He said, "As for an old woman, I do not disapprove
of it. As for a young woman, I do not like it."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar
that Abdullah ibn Umar said that the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When a jew
greets you, and says 'Death to you' (as-samu alaykum) say,
'And to you.' "
Yahya said, "Malik was asked whether a person who
greeted a jew or christian, should apologise for it. He
said, 'No'."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah
ibn Abi Talha from Abu Murra, the mawla of Aqil ibn Abi
Talib from Abu Waqid al-Laythi that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was
sitting in the mosque with some people when three people
came in. Two came toward the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and one went away. When the
two stopped at the assembly of the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, they gave the
greeting. One of them saw a gap in the circle and sat in
it. The other sat down behind the circle. The third turned
away and left. When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, finished, he said, "Shall I
tell you about three people? One of them sought shelter
with Allah, so Allah gave him shelter. The other was shy,
so Allah was shy to him. The other turned away, so Allah
turned away from him."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah
ibn Abi Talha that Anas ibn Malik heard Umar ibn al-Khattab
return the greeting of a man who greeted him. Then Umar
asked the man, "How are you?" He said, "I praise Allah to
you." (Ahmadu ilayka Allah) Umar said, "That is what I
wanted from you."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah
ibn Abi Talha that at-Tufayl ibn Ubayy ibn Kab told him
that he visited Abdullah ibn Umar one morning and went out
with him to the market, and when they were out, Abdullah
ibn Umar did not pass by anyone selling poor merchandise
or selling commodities or a needy person or anyone but
that he greeted them.
At-Tufayl said, "I came to Abdullah ibn Umar one day
and he asked me to follow him to the market. I said to
him, 'What will you do in the market if you will not stop
to sell nor seek any goods or barter with them or sit in
any of the assemblies or market?' Abdullah ibn Umar said
that we should sit down and talk, and then he explained,
'Abu Batni, (lit. father of the belly, at-Tufayl had a
prominent stomach), we go out in the morning only for the
sake of the greeting. We greet whomever we meet.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
a man greeted Abdullah ibn Umar. He said, "Peace be upon
you and the mercy of Allah and his barakat, on and on."
Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, "And on you, a thousand
times," as if he disliked that.
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that when
one entered an unoccupied house, one should say, "Peace be
upon us and on the slaves of Allah, who are salih." (As-salamu
alayna wa ala ibadillahi's-saliheen).