[Music] [Music] [Music] today's wisdom from the Quran is simple and it is inshallah a cheerful one verse 86 Allah subhah wa tala says when someone greets you with a greeting when someone greets you with a greeting make sure you respond with a better greeting or at the very least respond in an equal manner indeed Allah takes into account everything there is is a verse in the Quran that encourages us to greet people with pleasantness there is a verse in the Quran that teaches us that it is of our adab it is of our culture and custom that we should meet and greet with a cheerful countenance with a smiling face with a beautiful word and Allah says when somebody greets you then I am telling you you should respond in a better manner or worst case scenario at least respond exactly ly what he has responded with you the word used in Arabic the greetings pre-islam you know the greeting ofum is of course Islamic pre-islam they would say may you live a long life and from this comes because literally means may you be given may you be given long life and that's why we say in the means ultimate greetings and ultimate belongs to Allah so is the same over here but of course when the Quran is saying here that it means any greeting if somebody gives you any greeting Allah says respond back with a better greeting now obviously in our sh we are taught the best the best greeting and this is something Allah taught mankind Allah subhah wa taala created Our Father Adam and this Hadith is inkari Muslim and the first thing he taught our father Adam the Hadi tells us the first phrase he taught Adam he said to Adam oh Adam go to those angels over there and say and listen to their response memorize their response and teach your children what I taught you and what the angels will say to you so Adam walked over to the angels and Adam said and the angels responded and Allah said to Adam this shall be your greeting and the greeting of your progeny until the day of judgment so the concept of Salam was literally taught to us by Allah he taught Mankind and the Quran is full of Salam Allah says in the Quran upon Allah says in the Quran upon ibraim when Allah sent the angels to IIM Allah says in the Quran Allah says in the Quran Allah says in the Quran so many salams upon all of the righteous and Allah teaches us in the Quran and he teaches the prophet sallallah alaihi wasallam when the Believers come to you then sayum so salum is a characteristic of IM and it is the highest level of remember can be anything and by the way for the record there's nothing wrong with adding extra things after this that are cultural theab say after that no problem and the pakistanis might say other things the swahilis might say other things it's all good it's a part of the culture but the ultimate is of course Salam so you say and then you want to say you know whatever whatever you want to say all of it is all good but the Islamic greeting which we should begin with is the greeting of Salam in fact Allah calls the Salam a mark of IM and he says never say to somebody who says Salam to you you're not a Believer never say somebody says don't accuse him of being a cfir he said Salam to you Allah made the Salam a mark of IM and our Prophet sallallah alai wasam taught the sahab to say Salam in fact when he entered Medina the first he gave you can say in fact you don't even call it a he's on the camel entering from from he is entering and he's entering Medina the first Hadith the first sermon what does he say the first phrase from his mouth as he enters the city of Medina oh mankind I am telling you to spread the greetings of Salam Salam spread the greetings of Salam and our Prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said in an authentic Hadith you shall not enter Jenna until you love one another you shall not enter Jenna until you have and I will tell you something if you do it you will have this spread the Salam amongst you so when we spread the Salam we're going to increase our love and with that love we shall enter Jenna very briefly what does it mean when we sayum when we sayum it has multiple meanings of the meanings first and foremost Allah's name Isam one of the names of Allah Isam so when we say we are literally saying may Allah be with you may Allah be watching over you so may Allah subhah waala be with you another meaning of Assam is we are literally making a Dua for the person we meet and we say may no evil touch you may you always be happy may I always see you smiling Salam is the absence of pain Salam is the absence of irritation Salam is peace so when we meet one another we sayum I want to see you in peace all the time may Allah always protect you and of course of the meanings of assalam allum when you are making Dua for your brother and you are saying may you never be harmed you are automatically saying I will never harm you you're automatically saying I'm wishing peace for you so my interaction with you will always be an interaction of peace and an interaction of good so is aah and the highest level of is Salam and Allah instruct us whenever somebody says a to you you should respond to it we learn from this Ayah that giving a greeting it is not obligatory but our Scholars say responding to the greeting might actually be obligatory because Allah says if somebody greets you then you must respond with a higher or at least a similar level so giving a greeting it is good to do that but responding is a higher level of wuu or mandation and of the things we learn from this Ayah as well Allah encourages Excellence Allah doesn't want reci reciprocity only he encourages Excellence of the things we learn from this Ayah as well is that Allah subhah wa ta'ala wants our societies to be societies of and because the Salam is the ultimate embodiment of We Begin our interaction with Salam and we end it with Salam and of course this concept of Salam it is so Central to our faith of Islam and Allah has called Jam because it is the ab of Salam why is it called Salam because when you enter J what will the Angels do the angels will always be saying Salam to you and when you enter even Allah will greet you with the greetings of can you imagine brothers and sisters can you imagine one day inshallah may Allah make us amongst those people when the people of Islam who are spreading the Salam in this world and following Islam are called to Dar Salam then am will greet them with the greetings of Salam and Allah will say and when aam says Salam to the people of Islam as they enter D Salam when Allah says Salam who can possibly harm you when Allah says Salam How can any harm ever touch you and that is why when Allah gives the greeting of Salam that is jenah and that is our goal may Allah subhah wa ta'ala make us of the people of jenah Al AMU [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] alaykum [Music]