'Greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know.'(Bukhari) *The Messenger of Allah () said:
'Of the signs of the Final Hour is that people will greet one another only if they know them.' (Bukhari) *In the hadeeth of Abdullah b. Umar () a man said to the Messenger of Allah (): 'What ‘branch’ of Islam is best? 'He said:
Salam.'>'To feed the poor and needy, and to greet those whom you know and those whom you do not know with Salam.'(Bukhari) *When Ibn Umar () entered the marketplace he would not pass by anyone except that he greeted them with salam. Tufail b. Abi Ka'b said to him: 'Why do you come to the market? You don't ask about the products or the prices of the products!’ Ibn Umar () said: 'O father of the stomach! I go to the market to greet those whom I meet with Salam.' *It is praiseworthy that one greet those who come to him with Salam. The proof of this is in the story of the three who went to the Prophet () and the first said: