Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #1018
Greetings
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا كِنَانَةُ مَوْلَى صَفِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: أَبْخَلُ النَّاسِ مَنْ بَخِلَ بِالسَّلاَمِ، وَالْمَغْبُونُ مَنْ لَمْ يَرُدَّهُ، وَإِنْ حَالَتْ بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ أَخِيكَ شَجَرَةٌ، فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَبْدَأَهُ بِالسَّلامِ لا يَبْدَأُكَ فَافْعَلْ.
Abu Hurayra said, "The most miserly of people is the person who
is miserly with the greeting. The one who is cheated of good is the one
who does not return it. if a tree comes between you and your brother, and
you are able to be the first to begin the greeting before the other person,
then do it."
Topics
About Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
This hadith is #1018 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Greetings.