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GREETING PEOPLE IN THE MARKET PLACE

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“Tufayl would visit Abdullah, the son of Omar in the morning and accompany him to the market. Abdullah would greet every shopkeeper with the greeting and every trader, and poor person. One day when Tufayl went to him and Abdullah asked him to accompany him to the market. Tufayl asked him: ‘What are you going to do in the market? You never stop to buy anything, nor do you inquire about any article or its price, nor do you sit down with any of them. Let us sit down here and talk.’ Abdullah responded: ‘O man of the belly (Tufayl had a large belly) we shall go to the market place to greet everyone we meet with the salutation of peace.’"

Malik - Tufayl, the son of Ubayy son of Ka'ab who related this.

THE MANNER IN WHICH ONE SHOULD GREET