Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Social Manners Chapter: Greeting of Peace and Non-Muslims ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عُثْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) عَنِ الْيَهُودِيِّ وَالنَّصْرَانِيِّ وَالْ٠ُشْرِكِ إِذَا سَلَّ٠ُوا عَلَى الرَّجُلِ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ كَيْفَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ فَقَالَ يَقُولُ عَلَيْكُ٠3.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from Sama’a who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) about Jewish, Christians and pagans’ greetings to one sitting, how should he respond? The Imam said, ‘He will say, ‘ ‘Alaykum’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/546))