25/29. Chapter:
MERIT OF SALAAM
Mishkat al-Masabih : 4664
Mishkat al-MasabihHadith Number 4664
وَعَن الطفيلِ بن أُبي بن كعبٍ: أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَأْتِي ابْنَ عُمَرَ فَيَغْدُو مَعَهُ إِلَى السُّوقِ. قَالَ فَإِذَا غَدَوْنَا إِلَى السُّوقِ لَمْ يَمُرَّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَلَى سَقَّاطٍ وَلَا عَلَى صَاحِبِ بَيْعَةٍ وَلَا مِسْكِينٍ وَلَا أَحَدٍ إِلَّا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ الطُّفَيْلُ: فَجِئْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَوْمًا فَاسْتَتْبَعَنِي إِلَى السُّوقِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: وَمَا تَصْنَعُ فِي السُّوقِ وَأَنْتَ لَا تَقِفُ عَلَى الْبَيْعِ وَلَا تَسْأَلُ عَن السّلع وتسوم بِهَا وَلَا تَجْلِسُ فِي مَجَالِسِ السُّوقِ فَاجْلِسْ بِنَا هَهُنَا نتحدث. قَالَ: فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ: يَا أَبَا بَطْنٍ - قَالَ وَكَانَ الطُّفَيْلُ ذَا بَطْنٍ - إِنَّمَا نَغْدُو مِنْ أَجْلِ السَّلَامِ نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى مَنْ لَقِينَاهُ. رَوَاهُ مَالك وَالْبَيْهَقِيّ فِي «شعب الْإِيمَان»
Sayyiduna tufayl ibn Ubayy ibn Ka'b رحمه الله said that he often went to (Sayyiduna) Ibn Umar رضي الله عنه and accompanied him to the market in the morning. He said, "When we came to the market in the morning. Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنه offered salaam to the peddlers (or wrathless men), sellers of goods, poor men, and indeed everyone he encountered." Tufayl added, "One day, I came to Abdullah ibn Umar رضي الله عنه and he prepared to take me along with him to the market, I asked him, 'what do you do in the market? You do not mean to sell anything, or ask about prices, or verify weights and measures, or sit with any group of people. So, do sit with us here. We shall converse.' He said to me, 'O stout one!' - indeed, Tufayl was obese! - 'I go out in the morning only to be able to offer salaam. I give salaam to all those I encounter.' [1]
[1] Muwatta Maalik # 6 (Salaam), Bayhaqi in Shu'ayb ul Eman # 8790.Reference : Mishkat al-Masabih 4664In-book reference : Book 25, Hadith 37
