Hadith 4
Three-Narrator Ahadith
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal · Musnad of Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allāh be pleased with them both)
Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ ابْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكَ الْيَهُودِيُّ، فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ: السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ، فَقُلْ: وَعَلَيْكَ»، وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: «إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَهُودُ فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ.»
English translation
Ibn ʿUmar (رضي الله عنهما) reported that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “When a Jew greets you [with a salutation], he is actually saying al-sāmu ʿalayk (‘death be upon you’), so say: ‘Wa ʿalayk (and upon you).’“ And on another occasion he said: “When the Jews greet you, say: ‘Wa ʿalaykum,’ for they are saying al-sāmu ʿalaykum.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 4
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