Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Greeting Non-Muslims with Salaam

“Can we greet non-Muslims with the Islamic word 'Assalamu Alaikum'?”Asked by امیر صوفی, کشمیر

He answers at 57:30 in Hadith Prediction · 2 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:30
maulana, agla sawal hai kashmir se amir sofi sahab ka. unhon ne aapse poocha hai ke can we greet non-muslims with the islamic word assalamu alaikum? zaroor, already aap karte hi hain. yeh is se poochne ki baat hi nahi hai. already hum sab duniya ko assalamu alaikum kehte hain. dekhiye, paanch waqt ki jo aap namaz padhte hain to namaz ke aakhir mein kya kehte hain aap? yani apna chehra idhar karte hain, idhar karte hain. assalamu alaikum wa rehmatullah assalamu alaikum wa rehmatullah. to sari duniya ki taraf chehra kar ke aap kehte hain: "aye logon, tum par salamat ho!
58:13
aye logon, tum par salamat ho!" to kaun log hote hain? kya musalman hote hain? sab log hote hain. alaikum jo hai, sare insanon ke liye hai. yeh ek ek muhaddis the, unhon ne kaha ke tadri muslim yqul anta amnun minni anta amnun minni jab aadmi assalamu alaikum kehta hai to jaante ho kya matlab is ka hai? is ka matlab yeh hai ke sab se woh keh raha hota hai ke tum mujh se mehfooz ho, tum mujh se mehfooz ho, tum par salamat ho, tum par salamat ho.
58:51
to jo log yeh poochte hain, bohat se log maine dekha ke woh poochte hain. yeh poochne pe matlab hai. already sare musalman is par practice karte hain, lekin be-shuuri ke tehat jab bhi hum namaz ko padhne ke baad idhar phirte hain, idhar padhte hain, assalamu alaikum kehte hain, woh sari duniya ke liye hota hai. woh yeh nahi ke aye musalmanon, tumhare upar salamat ho. sab duniya ke liye yeh to Islam ki bahut basic taleem hai ke sab ke liye aap ke dil mein salamati ho, sab ke liye aap ke dil mein peace ho, sab ke liye aap ke dil mein khair khwahi ho.
59:28
yeh islam ki basic teaching hai, yani social teaching. maulana, agla sawal bangalore se hai javed sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahab, please tell us as to how can we take lessons from somebody death?
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