(ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): "When the People of the Book greet you, say: 'And upon you.'" This is recorded in "al-Irwāʾ" (5/111-118), and responding to them with "And upon you" is, in my view, applicable when their greeting is not explicit. Otherwise, it is obligatory to respond in kind: "And upon you peace," due to the generality of His saying, the Exalted: "And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet with one better than it or return it" (Sūrah al-Nisāʾ, 86), and due to the implication of his saying (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): "When the Jews greet you—they only say 'death be upon you'—then say: 'And upon you.'" It is recorded by al-Bukhārī (6257), Muslim, and others. Perhaps this is the reason for what al-Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Ḥajar mentioned in "al-Fatḥ" (11/45) from a group of the Salaf, who held that it is permissible to say in response to them: "Upon you peace," just as one responds to a Muslim. And Allāh knows best.

- "Begin with those you are responsible for, and charity from surplus wealth." It is recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (3/227/3129) through the route of Abū al-Zubayr from Abū Ṣāliḥ, the freed slave of Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām, from Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām, who asked the Prophet (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam): "Which charity is best?" He said: and mentioned it. I say: The men of its isnād are trustworthy except for Abū Ṣāliḥ, whom al-Dhahabī and al-ʿAsqalānī said: "Unknown." And with this, al-Haythamī criticized it in "al-Majmaʿ" (3/116), saying: "It was narrated by al-Ṭabarānī in 'al-Kabīr,' and Abū Ṣāliḥ, the freed slave of Ḥakīm, I did not find anyone who documented him." I say: But he was followed by a group of trustworthy narrators with the Shaykhayn and others, as will come, and a group of scholars erred concerning this ḥadīth, so it is necessary to point that out: the first being al-Haythamī in including it in "al-Majmaʿ," which is agreed upon from Ḥakīm ibn