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2721. Abū Tamīmah Al-Hujaimī narrated from a man among his people, who said: “I went looking for the Prophet ﷺ but I was not able to find him. So I sat down, and then I saw a group of people, and he was among them, but I did not recognize him. He was settling some matter between them so when he was finished, some of them stood up with him and they were saying: ‘O Messenger of Allāh.’ When I saw that, I said: “Alaikas-Salām (upon you be peace) O Messenger of Allāh! ‘Alaikas-Salām (upon you be peace) O Messenger of Allāh! ‘Alaikas-Salām (upon you be peace) O Messenger of Allāh!’ He replied: ‘Indeed “Alaikas-Salām (upon you be peace)” is the
greeting for the dead.' Then he came toward me and said: 'When a man meets his Muslim brother then he should say: "As-Salāmu 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullāhi Wa Barakātuh (peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allāh)." Then the Prophet ﷺ responded to my greeting, he said: 'And may Allāh's mercy be upon you, and may Allāh's mercy be upon you, and may Allāh's mercy be upon you, and may Allāh's mercy be upon you, and may Allāh's mercy be upon you, and may Allāh's mercy be upon you, and may Allāh's mercy be upon you." (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] Abū Ghifār reported this Hadīth from Abū Tamīmah Al-Hujaimī, from Abū Juraī Jābir bin Sulaim Al-Hujaimī, who said: "I went to the Prophet ﷺ" and he mentioned the rest of the Hadīth.
Abū Tamīmah's name is Ṭarīf bin Mujālid.
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Commentary
In the light of Sharī'ah, 'Assalāmu Alaikum' is said to both, alive and dead alike; as the Prophet would say 'may peace be upon you, O the people of the house of the believing nation!'
