[5] Do not speak with the one who starts talking without offering Salam...

[5] Do not speak with the one who starts talking without offering Salam: وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ مَنْ بَدَأَ بِالْكَلَامِ قَبْلَ السَّلَامِ فَلَا تُجِيبُوهُ وَ قَالَ ابْدَءُوا بِالسَّلَامِ قَبْلَ الْكَلَامِ فَمَنْ بَدَأَ بِالْكَلَامِ قَبْلَ السَّلَامِ فَلَا تُجِيبُوهُ Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu Abd Allah -asws : Abu Abd Allah -asws said: ‘If one begins speaking before saying ‘Salam’, do not speak to him.’ [6] وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِاللَّهِ وَ بِرَسُولِهِ مَنْ بَدَأَ بِالسَّلَامِ Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from abu Abd Allah -asws the following: Abu Abd Allah -asws said: ‘The Messenger of Allah -saww has said: ‘A person who is closer to Allah -azwj and His Messenger -saww is the one who initiates the offering of ‘Salam’.’ [7] عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي نَجْرَانَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ كَانَ سَلْمَانُ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ يَقُولُ أَفْشُوا سَلَامَ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ سَلَامَ اللَّهِ لَا يَنَالُ الظَّالِمِينَ A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from .