حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَا تَبْدَئُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَی بِالسَّلَامِ وَإِذَا لَقِيتُمْ أَحَدَهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَاضْطَرُّوهُمْ إِلَی أَضْيَقِهِ قَالَ وَفِي الْبَاب عَنْ ابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَنَسٍ وَأَبِي بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ صَاحِبِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَمَعْنَی هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لَا تَبْدَئُوا الْيَهُودَ وَالنَّصَارَی قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ إِنَّمَا مَعْنَی الْکَرَاهِيَةِ لِأَنَّهُ يَکُونُ تَعْظِيمًا لَهُمْ وَإِنَّمَا أُمِرَ الْمُسْلِمُونَ بِتَذْلِيلِهِمْ وَکَذَلِکَ إِذَا لَقِيَ أَحَدَهُمْ فِي الطَّرِيقِ فَلَا يَتْرُکْ الطَّرِيقَ عَلَيْهِ لِأَنَّ فِيهِ تَعْظِيمًا لَهُمْ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 1602
Narrated Abu Hurairah: That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Do not precede the Jews and the Christians with the Salam. And if one you meets one of them in the path, then force him to its narrow portion. [He said:] There are narrations on this topic from Ibn 'Umar, Anas, and Abu Basrah Al-Ghifari the Companion of the Prophet (ﷺ). [Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. And regarding the meaning of this Hadith: Do not precede the Jews and the Christians : Some of the poeple of knowledge said that it only means that it is disliked because it would be honoring them, and the Muslims were ordered to humiliate them. For this reason, when one of them is met on the path, then the path is not yielded for him, because doing so would amount to honoring them.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020