Ziyad ibn 'Ubayd (ar-Ru'ayni) said, "We went to Ruwayfa', the
Amir of Antabulis. A man came and greeted him, saying, 'Peace be upon the
Amir.' From 'Abda, he said, 'Peace be upon the Amir.' Ruwayfa' said to
him, 'If you had greeted us, we would have returned the greeting. But you
greeted Maslama ibn Mukhallad (Maslama was in charge of Egypt). Go to him
and he will return your greeting.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنِ الْمِقْدَادِ بْنِ الأَسْوَدِ قَالَ: كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَجِيءُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ، فَيُسَلِّمُ تَسْلِيمًا لاَ يُوقِظُ نَائِمًا، وَيُسْمِعُ الْيَقْظَانَ.
Al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, used to come at night and would give the greeting
in such a way that it would not awaken anyone asleep, but the person who
was awake would hear it."
Tamim ibn Hadhlam said, "I will mention the first to be greeted
as 'Amir' in Kufa. Al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba left by the Bab ar-Rahba and a
man of Kinda came up to him. They claim that it was Abu Qurra al-Kindi.
He greeted him and said, 'Peace be upon you, O Amir, and the mercy of Allah.'
He disliked it. So the man said, 'Peace be upon you, O Amir, and the mercy
of Allah. Peace be upon you. Am I one of you or not?'" Sammak ibn Salama
ad-Dabi said, "After that it became an established practice."
