(4) باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ ابْتِدَاءِ، أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ بِالسَّلاَمِ وَكَيْفَ يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
I said 'Alaikum, and the transmitter did not make mention of the word "and". (DE)
Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 2165 b (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 39, Hadith 12 (DE)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 26, Hadith 5385 (DE)