حَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّائُ عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ الْهُجَيْمِيِّ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ قَالَ طَلَبْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ أَقْدِرْ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَسْتُ فَإِذَا نَفَرٌ هُوَ فِيهِمْ وَلَا أَعْرِفُهُ وَهُوَ يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ قَامَ مَعَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِکَ قُلْتُ عَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ عَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ تَحِيَّةُ الْمَيِّتِ إِنَّ عَلَيْکَ السَّلَامُ تَحِيَّةُ الْمَيِّتِ ثَلَاثًا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ إِذَا لَقِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ فَلْيَقُلْ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْکُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ رَدَّ عَلَيَّ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ وَعَلَيْکَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَعَلَيْکَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَعَلَيْکَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی وَقَدْ رَوَی هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ أَبُو غِفَارٍ عَنْ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ الْهُجَيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جُرَيٍّ جَابِرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ الْهُجَيْمِيِّ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَکَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَأَبُو تَمِيمَةَ اسْمُهُ طَرِيفُ بْنُ مُجَالِدٍ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 2721
Narrated Abu Tamimah Al-Hujaimi: from a man among his people, who said: I went looking for the Prophet (ﷺ) but I was not able to find him. So I sat down, and then I saw a group of people, and he was among them, but I did not recognize him. He was settling some matter between them so when he was finished, some of them stood up with him and they were saying: 'O Messenger of Allah.' When I saw that, I said: 'Alaikas-Salam (upon you be peace) O Messenger of Allah! 'Alaikas-Salam (upon you be peace) O Messenger of Allah! 'Alaikas-Salam (upon you be peace) O Messenger of Allah!' He replied: 'Indeed 'Alaikas-Salam (upon you be peace) is the greeting for the dead.' Then he came toward me and said: 'When a man meets his Muslim brother then he should say: As-Salamu 'Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh (peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allah). Then the Prophet (ﷺ) responded to my greeting, he said: 'And may Allah's mercy be upon you, and may Allah's mercy be upon you, and may Allah's mercy be upon you.'
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020