Be the first to greet one another
Radiant Light writes about the benefits of being the first to say the salaam (Islamic greeting of peace):
“When two people are together, whether walking, sitting, or riding, the one who says salam first is free from pride, or the meaning could be taken that Allah will take the pride out of his heart.
Pride is to think of someone as inferior, to think ones self as having all the perfect qualites and that no one else has such qualities.
This type of person cares for no one and doesn’t care to make salam first thinking himself is superior.
As in the hadith the one who initiates the salaam is free from pride as he does not think himself above saying salam to anyone first.”
Read more at Al-Ilmunnafi (Beneficial Knowledge).
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