Offering the Greeting of Peace
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 4|Chapter 7
8ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنِ ابْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ الْبَادِي بِالسَّلامِ أَوْلَى بِالله وَبِرَسُولِهِ.
8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Mahbub from ‘Abd Allah ibn Sinan from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “The initiator of the offering of the greeting of peace is closer to Allah and His Messenger.”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (12/541)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 1, p. 162