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2695. 'Amr bin Shu'āib narrated from his father, from his grandfather that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "He is not one of us who resembles other than us, nor who resembles the Jews nor the Christians. For indeed greeting of the Jews is the pointing of the finger, and the greeting of the Christians is waving with the hand." (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The chain for
this Hadīth is weak. Ibn Al-Mubārak reported this Hadīth from Ibn Lahī'ah but he did not narrate it in Marfū' form.
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Making a gesture of Salām merely with fingers, palm, or nodding with the head is not right, but if the hand is sometimes waved along with the wording 'Assalāmu Alaikum', it will be right and it will not be regarded as imitation; or making gesture is also allowed if verbal response is impossible, for example: if one is unable to speak or one is offering prayer etc. [Tuhfat Al-Ahwadī, vol. 3 p. 386]
