Islamic Etiquette: What to Say to Others

Replying to Salam from a Non-Muslim

كيف يرد السلام على الكافر إذا سلم

Hisnul Muslim: Returning a greeting to a disbeliever

Replying to Salam from a Non-Muslim: 1 dua from Hisnul Muslim's chapter "Returning a greeting to a disbeliever", in Arabic with transliteration and English translation, as narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.

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إذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ

Transliteration:

If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you, saying As-Salāmu `alaykum, then say (to him):

Translation:

If one of the People of the Scripture (i.e. Christians and Jews) greets you saying As-Salaamu `alaykum, then say (to him): And upon you .

Hisnul Muslim: Hisn al-Muslim 227

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