سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
أبواب السلام(Abwab Us Salam )
باب فِي الرَّجُلِ يَقُولُ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِكَ عَيْنًاChapter: Saying "an’am Allahu bika ’aynam" (May Allah give you tranquility).
Hadith 5227
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ , حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ , أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ , عَنْ قَتَادَةَ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ , أَنَّ عِمْرَانَ بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ , قَالَ : " كُنَّا نَقُولُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِكَ عَيْنًا وَأَنْعِمْ صَبَاحًا , فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ , نُهِينَا عَنْ ذَلِكَ " , قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ , قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ : يُكْرَهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ : أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ بِكَ عَيْنًا , وَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَيْنَكَ " .
Narrated Imran ibn Husayn: In the pre-Islamic period we used to say: "May Allah make the eye happy for you, " and "Good morning" but when Islam came, we were forbidden to say that. AbdurRazzaq said on the authority of Mamar: It is disapproved that a man should say: "May Allah make the eye happy for you, " but there is no harm in saying: "May Allah make your eye happy.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Greeting in the manner of the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance) or exchanging supplications with one another in that style is a disliked act.
Whereas we have been taught an act that is better and brings reward, that is: "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh." The meaning of Imam Ma'mar rahimahullah's statement is that if the words of the people of Jahiliyyah are changed, then there is no harm.
Especially, the prescribed (shar'i) greeting should be given first, and then other supplications may follow.
And Allah knows best.
Greeting in the manner of the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic ignorance) or exchanging supplications with one another in that style is a disliked act.
Whereas we have been taught an act that is better and brings reward, that is: "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh." The meaning of Imam Ma'mar rahimahullah's statement is that if the words of the people of Jahiliyyah are changed, then there is no harm.
Especially, the prescribed (shar'i) greeting should be given first, and then other supplications may follow.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 5227
