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Volume 7, Book 62, Number 104:

Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib:

The Prophet ordered us to do seven (things) and forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit the
patients, to follow the funeral procession, to reply to the sneezer (i.e., say to him, 'Yarhamuka-l-
lah (May Allah bestow His Mercy upon you), if he says 'Al-hamdulillah' (Praise be to Allah), to
help others to fulfill their oaths, to help the oppressed,
 




 
and to accept the invitation (to a wedding banquet). He forbade us to wear golden rings, to use
silver utensils, to use Mayathir (cushions of silk stuffed with cotton and placed under the rider on
the saddle), the Qasiyya (linen clothes containing silk brought from an Egyptian town), the
Istibraq (thick silk) and the Dibaj (another kind of silk). (See Hadith No. 539 and 753).

Volume 7, Book 69, Number 539:

Narrated Al-Bara' bin 'Azib:

Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven things and forbade us from seven. He ordered us to visit
the sick, to follow funeral processions, (to say) to a sneezer, (May Allah bestow His Mercy on
you, if he says, Praise be to Allah), to accept invitations,
 
 to help the
oppressed and to help others to fulfill their oaths. He forbade us to wear gold rings, to drink in
silver (utensils), to use Mayathir (silken carpets placed on saddles), to wear Al-Qissi (a kind of
silken cloth), to wear silk, Dibaj or Istabraq (two kinds of silk).

Volume 7, Book 70, Number 553:

Narrated Al-Bara bin Azib:

Allah's Apostle ordered us to do seven things and forbade us to do seven other things. He
forbade us to wear gold rings, silk, Dibaj, Istabriq, Qissy, and Maithara; and ordered us to
accompany funeral processions, visit the sick and  


Volume 8, Book 74, Number 253k:

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr:

A man asked the Prophet, "What Islamic traits are the best?" The Prophet said, "Feed the people,
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We see in these Hadith that the Prophet ordered us to greet people. He did not specify a limit as
to whom we should greet. However, when we look at other Hadith we see that Muslims are not
to initiate greetings with the People of the Book«

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Book 026, Number 5389:

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: 

 

  

  

 
 and when you meet any one of them on the
roads force him to go to the narrowest part of it.

Book 026, Number 5390:

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Suhail with the same chain of transmitters but
with a slight variation of wording. The hadith transmitted on the authority of Waki', the words
are 'When you meet the Jews." And in the hadith transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba, the
words are: 'When you meet the People of the Book." And in the hadith transmitted on the
authority of Jarir the words are:" When you meet them," but none amongst the polytheists has
been mentioned explicitly by name.

 

Book 41, Number 5186:

Narrated AbuHurayrah:

Suhayl ibn AbuSalih said: I went out with my father to Syria. The people passed by the cloisters
in which there were Christians and began to salute them. My father said: Do not give them
salutation first, for AbuHurayrah reported the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) as saying:


  
  
    

 










 
   
 


  



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