[1] Offering Salam is voluntary but replying is mandatory...

[1] Offering Salam is voluntary but replying is mandatory: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص السَّلَامُ تَطَوُّعٌ وَ الرَّدُّ فَرِيضَةٌ Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni who has narrated the following from abu Abd Allah -asws : ‘The Messenger of Allah -saww has said: ‘Offering the ‘Salam’ [2] is voluntary, but answering it is mandatory.’ [3] Esoteric Meanings of Salam: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَ إِنْ جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَها قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا السَّلْمُ قَالَ الدُّخُولُ فِي أَمْرِنَا Al-Hussain ibn Mohammed who from Moulaa ibn Mohammed who from Mohammed ibn Jamhor, who from Safwan who Ibn Muskam who from Al-Halabi has narrated the following from Abi Abd Allah -asws about the words of Allah -azwj : And if they incline to Salam, then incline to it and trust in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

[4] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ مُثَنًّى الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَ لا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُواتِ الشَّيْطانِ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ قَالَ فِي وَلَايَتِنَا Al-Hussain ibn Mohammed, who from Moulla ibn Mohammed, who from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washa, who from Muthana al-Hannat, who from Abd Allah ibn Ajlan, who has narrated the following from Abu Jafar -asws : About the Words of Allah -azwj : O you who believe!