Abu Uthman an-Nahdi ( ) said: Abu Musa ( ) wrote to a Persian leader and greeted him with peace in his letter. He was asked,
“Do you greet him with peace when he is a disbeliever?” He replied,
“Indeed, he wrote to me and greeted me with peace, so I have answered him.”
[Bukhari, Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #1101]
“Do you greet him with peace when he is a disbeliever?” He replied,
“Indeed, he wrote to me and greeted me with peace, so I have answered him.”
[Bukhari, Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #1101]
عَنْ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ النَّهْدِيِّ قَالَ: كَتَبَ أَبُو مُوسَى إِلَى رُهْبَانٍ يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ فِي كِتَابِهِ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: أَتُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ كَافِرٌ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ، فَرَدَدْتُ عَلَيْهِ