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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-337: BAKHIL MEMBERI SALAM
Is there a hadith stating that a person who is miserly in giving the greeting of salam is the most miserly of people?
Short answer
There is a narration from Abu Hurairah that the most miserly person is one who is miserly with salam, but it is assessed as mawquf or weak because its chain stops at Abu Hurairah and does not reach the Prophet.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
There is a narration from Abu Hurairah that the most miserly person is one who is miserly with salam, but it is assessed as mawquf or weak because its chain stops at Abu Hurairah and does not reach the Prophet. This matches the view of al-Daraquthni, al-Bukhari and Ibn Hajar. Initiating salam is a highly encouraged sunnah and not obligatory, while returning salam is obligatory based on Surah al-Nisa' verse 86.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Kesimpulannya, riwayat di atas adalah mawquf atau dhaif kerana pada sanadnya terdapat keguguran iaitu tidak sampai kepada Nabi SAW dan ia terhenti hanya pada Abu Hurairah RA sahaja.
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-337: BAKHIL MEMBERI SALAM”, 25 January 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/3050-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-337-bakhil-memberi-salam. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/hadith-miserly-with-giving-salam-greeting/