(449) بَابُ مَنْ بَدَأَ بِالسَّلامِ
(449) Chapter: The person who greets first
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حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ الأَغَرَّ، وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، كَانَتْ لَهُ أَوْسُقٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ، اخْتَلَفَ إِلَيْهِ مِرَارًا، قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ، قَالَ: فَكُلُّ مَنْ لَقِينَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْنَا، فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: أَلاَ تَرَى النَّاسَ يَبْدَأُونَكَ بِالسَّلاَمِ فَيَكُونُ لَهُمُ الأَجْرُ؟ ابْدَأْهُمْ بِالسَّلاَمِ يَكُنْ لَكَ الأَجْرُ يُحَدِّثُ هَذَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ.
Ibn 'Umar said that al-Agharr (who was a man from Muzayna and hadbeen a Companion of the Prophet) was owed some measures of dates by a manfrom the Banu 'Amr ibn 'Awf who came to him many times. He said, "I wentto the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he sent AbuBakr as-Siddiq with me." He continues, "Everyone we met greeted us. AbuBakr said, 'Don't you know that when people give the greeting before us,they have the reward? Give the greeting before them and you will have thereward.'"
Reference:
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 984
In-book reference:
Book 42, Hadith 20
English translation:
Book 42, Hadith 984
