Greeting the People of the Book with peace

22-07-2011 09:58 Roohi#1
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]

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