Greetings

It is related that Abu Musa was with the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, in one of the gardens of Madina. He said, "The
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a twig in his hand
with which he was striking the water and mud. A man came and asked for
the garden to be opened, and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, 'Open it for him and give him the good news of the Garden.'
I went and it was Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him. I opened the
gate for him and gave him the good news of the Garden. Then another man
asked to be let in and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, 'Open the door and give him the good news of the Garden.' It was
'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, and I let him in and gave him the
good news of the Garden. Then yet another man asked to be let in. The Prophet
had been reclining, but he then sat up and said, 'Open it for him and give
him the good news of the Garden along with an affliction which will befall
him ? or which will happen.' I went and it was 'Uthman, I opened the door
and told him what the Prophet had said. He said, 'Allah is the One who
is asked for help. '"

Salama ibn Wardan said, "I saw Anas ibn Malik shake hands with
some people and he asked me, 'And who are you?' I said, 'The mawla of the
Banu Layth.' He stroked my head three times and said, 'May Allah bless
you.'"

Anas ibn Malik said, "When the people of Yemen came, the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'The people of Yemen have
arrived and they have gentler hearts than you. They are the first to offer
the handshake.'"

Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib said, "Part of the full greeting is to shake
your brother's hand."

Ibrahim ibn Marzuq ath-Thaqafi related that his father (who had
belonged to Allah ibn az-Zubayr) told him, "'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr sent
me to his mother, Asma' bint Abi Bakr and he told her how al-Hajjaj was
treating them. She made supplication for me and stroked my head. I was
a young boy at that time."

Jabir ibn 'Abdullah said, "I purchased a camel and rode it hard
for a month until I reached Syria. 'Abdullah ibn Unays was there, and I
sent word to him, saying, 'Jabir is at the door.' The messenger returned
and said, 'Jabir ibn 'Abdullah?' 'Yes,' I replied. So 'Abdullah came out
and embraced me. I said, 'A hadith reached me which I had not heard before
and I feared that one of us might die.'" He went on, "I heard the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Allah will gather His slaves
? or people ? naked, uncircumcised, without anything.' We asked, 'What
is meant by "without anything"?' The Prophet said, 'They will have nothing
with them.' (The Prophet went on,) 'They will be called by a voice that
is heard from afar (and I think that he said, 'as if it was from close
at hand'), saying, "I am the King. None of the people of the Garden will
enter the Garden while any of the people of the Fire are seeking him for
some injustice he did to him. None of the people of the Fire will enter
the Fire while any of the people of the Garden are seeking him for an injustice
he did to him."' I asked, 'How is this? We come to Allah naked and without
any worldly goods?' He said, 'This applies to good actions and evil actions.'"

`A'isha, the Umm al-Mu'minin, said, "I did not see anyone who more
resembled the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
in manner of speaking than Fatima. When she came to him, he stood up for
her, made her welcome, kissed her and had her sit in his place. When the
Prophet came to her, she stood up for him, took his hand, made him welcome,
kissed him, and made him sit in her place. She came to him during his final
illness and he greeted her and kissed her."

Ibn 'Umar said, "We were on a raid and the people fled. We said,
'How can we meet the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
when we have run away? It has been revealed, "unless he is withdrawing
to rejoin the fight" (8:16)." We said, 'We will not go to Madina and
then no one will see us.' Then we said, 'Perhaps we should go.' The Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came from the Fajr prayer and
we said, 'We fled.' He said, 'You are those rejoining the fight."' We kissed
his hand. He said, 'I am your group.*'"

'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Razin said, "We passed by az-Zubda and were
told, 'There is Salama ibn al-Akwa'. I went to him and he greeted us. Then
he brought out his hands and stated, 'With these two hands I offered allegiance
to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.' He
held out his palm which was as huge as a camel's foot, and we got up and
kissed it."

Anas was asked, "Did you touch the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, with your hand?" He replied, "Yes," so they kissed
it.

Al-Wazi' ibn 'Amir said, "We came and were told, 'That is the Messenger
of Allah.' We took his hands and feet and kissed them."

Suhayb said, "I saw 'Ali kiss the hands and feet of al-'Abbas."

Abu Mijaz said, "Mu'awiya came while 'Abdullah ibn 'Amir and 'Abdullah
ibn az-Zubayr were seated. Ibn 'Amir got up while Ibn az-Zubayr remained
seated, and he was weightier of the two. Mu'awiya said, 'The Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whoever likes to have the slaves
of Allah stand up out of respect for him should take his place in the Fire."'"

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Allah created Adam, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, and his height was 60 spans. He said, 'Go and greet those (a
group of angels who were sitting down) and listen to how they answer you.
It is your greeting and the greeting of your descendants.' He said, 'Peace
be upon you,' and they replied, 'Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.'
They added, 'and the mercy of Allah'. All who enter the Garden will have
his form, but creation has continued to decline until now.'"

Al-Bara' reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Make the greeting common practice among you and you will
be safe."

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "You will not enter the Garden until you believe
and you will not believe until you love one another. Shall I tell you something
the doing of which will give you love of one another?" "Yes, Messenger
of Allah," they replied. The Prophet said, "Make the greeting common practice
among you."

'Abdullah ibn 'Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "Worship the All-Merciful and feed
people. Make the greeting common practice among you and you will enter
the Garden."

Bashir ibn Yasar said, "No one preceded ? or got ahead of ? Ibn
'Umar when giving the greeting."

Jabir said, " "Someone riding should greet someone walking, and
someone walking should greet someone sitting down. When there are two people
walking, the better of them is the one who gives the greeting first."

Ibn 'Umar said that al-Agharr (who was a man from Muzayna and had
been a Companion of the Prophet) was owed some measures of dates by a man
from the Banu 'Amr ibn 'Awf who came to him many times. He said, "I went
to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he sent Abu
Bakr as-Siddiq with me." He continues, "Everyone we met greeted us. Abu
Bakr 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 the
reward.'"