Muwatta Malik: Chapter 53

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).O