Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: The One Who Must Offer the Greeting of Peace ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يُسَلِّ٠ُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْ٠َاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ وَإِذَا لَقِيَتْ جَ٠َ الأقَلُّ عَلَى الأكْثَرِ وَإِذَا لَقِيَ وَاحِدٌ جَ٠َ الْوَاحِدُ عَلَى الْجَ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ali ibn Asbat from ibn Bukayr from certain individuals of his people who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) saying, ‘A person riding should offer greetings of peace to the one walking, the one walking to the one stationary and sitting.

On meeting a group the one in smaller numbers offers the greeting of peace to that in greater numbers and one person offers greetings of peace to a group.”’ ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/543))