English translation
4084. It was narrated that Abū Jurāī Jābir bin Sulaim said: “I saw a man to whom the people were listening and agreeing with what he said; he did not say anything but they accepted it. I said: ‘Who is this man?’ They said: ‘The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.’ I said: ‘Alaikas-salām (peace be upon you), O Messenger of Allāh,’ twice. He said: ‘Do not say Alaikas-salām (peace be upon you), for ‘Alaikaas-salām is the greeting for the dead. Say As-salāmu ‘alaika.’ I said: ‘Are you the Messenger of Allāh?’ He said: ‘I am the Messenger of Allāh Whom you call when harm befalls you and He gives you relief; Whom you call when famine strikes and He causes food to grow for you; Whom you call when you are in a desolate land or a desert and your camel strays, and He brings it back to you.' I said: 'Advise me.' He said: 'Do not revile anyone.' I did not revile anyone after that, a free man, a slave, a camel or a sheep. He said: 'And do not think little of any act of kindness, and when you speak to your brother present a cheerful countenance to him, for that is a kind of good deed. And raise the your Izār to mid-calf, or if you must, to the ankles. But beware of Isbāl with the Izār, for that is conceit, and Allāh does not like conceit. And if someone reviles you and shames you for something that he knows about you, do not shame him for that which you know about him, for he will bear the evil consequences of it.'" (Sahih)