عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ دَخَلَ يَهُودِيٌّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا مُحَمَّدُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعَلَيْكَ فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ فَعَلِمْتُ كَرَاهِيَةَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِذَلِكَ فَسَكَتُّ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ آخَرُ فَقَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ فَقَالَ عَلَيْكَ فَهَمَمْتُ أَنْ أَتَكَلَّمَ فَعَلِمْتُ كَرَاهِيَةَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ الثَّالِثُ فَقَالَ السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ فَلَمْ أَصْبِرْ حَتَّى قُلْتُ وَعَلَيْكَ السَّامُ وَغَضَبُ اللَّهِ وَلَعْنَتُهُ إِخْوَانَ الْقِرَدَةِ وَالْخَنَازِيرِ أَتُحَيُّونَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ بِمَا لَمْ يُحَيِّهِ اللَّهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْفُحْشَ وَلَا التَّفَحُّشَ قَالُوا قَوْلًا فَرَدَدْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِنَّ الْيَهُودَ قَوْمٌ حُسَدٌ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَا يَحْسُدُونَنَا عَلَى شَيْءٍ كَمَا يَحْسُدُونَنَا عَلَى السَّلَامِ وَعَلَى آمِينَ
Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that a Jew came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said (instead of saying "As-salamu Alaikum"): "O Muhammad! As-samu Alaikum" (meaning: death and destruction be upon you). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: "Wa Alaika" (and upon you too). Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I wanted to say something, but I knew that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would dislike it, so I remained silent. Another Jew came and said: "As-samu Alaikum" (death and destruction be upon you). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Wa Alaika" (and upon you too). This time as well, I wanted to say something, but due to the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) dislike, I remained silent. Then a third Jew came and said: "As-samu Alaikum." I could not remain patient and I spoke out: "O apes and swine! Destruction be upon you, may Allah's wrath and His curse be upon you. Do you wish to adopt the manner in which Allah did not send salutations upon the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah does not like foul language and obscenity. They (the Jews) said 'As-samu Alaika' and we also (avoiding foul language, simply replied with) 'Wa Alaika.' In fact, the Jews are a jealous people and do not envy us for any trait as much as they do for (our) greeting of peace and for saying Ameen."