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 Spread The Salām Among Each Other

Abū Hūrairah رضي الله عنه said: 

“Let whoever meets his brother give him salām, then if a tree or a wall comes between them after which they meet [again], then give him salām.”

Then he mentioned this mawqūf ḥadīth from Abū Hūrairah رضي الله عنه:

“Let whoever meets his brother give him salām”

You meet one of your brothers on the road, you give salām to him, And then if you are both going along together, walking together, and a palm-tree, a tree, a pillar, a car, or anything else comes between you, when you meet up again after this small separation, you give salām to him.

And this is a Sunnah many people are heedless of. Either because they do not know it, Or they do not give attention to implementing it.

So he said, “Let whoever meets his brother give him salām, then if a tree or a wall comes between them after which they meet [again], then give him salām.”

A proof of this is the Prophet ﷺ's statement where he said: “Spread the salām among each other.”

Meaning: let the salām be widespread amongst you even after the smallest separation, even after the smallest parting, even if you were only separated from your brother for a short moment, a tree (for example) came between you both, or a pillar, a pole, a car, an animal, or anything else — then give salām, spread salām. Namely, be eager to spread salām among your brothers even if the gap between you was not a long one, even if you only went away for a short moment and then returned, 

As is mentioned in the ḥadīth of the man who did not perform his prayer correctly, he prayed and then came to where the Prophet ﷺ was sitting and gave salām, and the Prophet ﷺ said to him, “Go back and pray because you have not prayed”

So he went away and prayed, close to them in the masjid, then came back [again] and gave salām, The Prophet ﷺ said to him: “Go back and pray because you have not prayed.” So he went and prayed again close by them, then came back and gave salām.

So giving salām is something required even if the gap is a short one. This is all included in the discussion of the salām.

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