'Kul'lee aam wa antum be khair' or to make du'aa for the individual. He answered: 'Making a general
du'aa for one's fellow Muslim that Allah bless him in general occasions,
such as Eid is not sinful, as long as one's intention to greet is to grow closer to that individual, and to show one's happiness. Imam Ahmed,
may Allah have mercy on him, said:
'I will not greet anyone initially, but if people greet me, I will respond to them for responding to a greeting is compulsory. Greeting initially it is not a Sunnah which we find, nor is it prohibited.'