this is what I said in that gathering. I will now add: there are two factors supporting the generality of the verse. The first: what al-Bukhārī recorded in "al-Adab al-Mufrad" (1107) and the context is his, and Ibn Jarīr al-Ṭabarī in "al-Tafsīr" (10039) through two chains from Simāk from ʿIkrimah from Ibn ʿAbbās who said: "Return the greeting to whoever is Jewish, Christian, or Magian, because Allāh says: *'When you are greeted with a greeting...' * the verse." I said: its chain is authentic except that it is from the narration of Simāk from ʿIkrimah, and his narration from him specifically is inconsistent, perhaps when it is elevated, and this is stopped as you see. It is strengthened by what Saʿīd ibn Jubayr narrated from Ibn ʿAbbās who said: If Pharaoh said to me, "May Allāh bless you," I would say: And you. And Pharaoh has died. Al-Bukhārī recorded it in "his Adab" (113), and its chain is authentic according to the criteria of Muslim. The other: the saying of Allāh ﵎: *"Allāh does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes from being righteous towards them and acting justly towards them. Indeed, Allāh loves those who act justly."* This verse explicitly commands kindness to non-Muslim citizens who are peaceful with the believers and do not harm them, and justice with them. There is no doubt that if one of them greets us clearly saying: "Peace be upon you," and we respond briefly: "And upon you," it is not justice at all, let alone kindness, because in this case, we equate him with those who might say among them "Death be upon you," and this is manifest injustice. And Allāh knows best.

- "When he ate or drank, he would say: All praise is due to Allāh who fed, provided drink, made it easy to swallow, and made an exit for it." Recorded by Abū Dāwūd (3851), Ibn Ḥibbān (1351), Ibn al-Sunnī in "ʿAmal al-Yawm wa-al-Laylah" (464), and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (1/204/2) from Ibn Wahb: He informed me