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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 850

42. Greeting

الأدب المفرد

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Someone who does not return the greeting

بَابُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرُدَّ السَّلامَ

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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
حَدَّثَنَا عَيَّاشُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ هِلاَلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ قَالَ‏:‏ قُلْتُ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ‏:‏ مَرَرْتُ بِعَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أُمِّ الْحَكَمِ فَسَلَّمْتُ، فَمَا رَدَّ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا‏؟‏ فَقَالَ‏:‏ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي، مَا يَكُونُ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ‏؟‏ رَدَّ عَلَيْكَ مَنْ هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُ، مَلَكٌ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ‏.‏
Abdullah ibn as-Samit said, "I said to Abu Dharr, 'I passed by 'Abdu'r-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam and I greeted him and he did not answer me at all. He said, 'Nephew, what harm have suffered from that? Someone better than him answered you ? the angel on his right."
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1038
In-book : Book 42, Hadith 75
English translation : Book 42, Hadith 1038