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191 — Jaʿfar ibn Muhammad al-Sandalī narrated to us: al-Fadl ibn Ziyād narrated to us: Abū Tālib narrated to us: I asked Abū ʿAbd Allāh about someone who suspended judgment, saying, “I will not say that it is uncreated. If he encounters me on the road and greets me, should I return his greeting?” He replied, “Do not greet him or speak to him. How will people know him if you greet him? And how will he know that you disapprove of him? If you do not greet him, he will feel the humiliation, know that you have condemned him, and the people will know him.”
١٩١ - حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّنْدَلِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَمَّنْ أَمْسَكَ فَقَالَ: لَا أَقُولُ: لَيْسَ هُوَ مَخْلُوقًا، إِذَا لَقِيَنِي فِي الطَّرِيقِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ، أُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ: لَا تُسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ؟ وَلَا تُكَلِّمْهُ، كَيْفَ يَعْرِفُهُ النَّاسُ إِذَا سَلَّمْتَ عَلَيْهِ؟ وَكَيْفَ يَعْرِفُ هُوَ أَنَّكَ مُنْكِرٌ عَلَيْهِ؟ فَإِذَا لَمْ تُسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِ عَرَفَ الذُّلَّ، وَعَرَفَ أَنَّكَ أَنْكَرْتَ عَلَيْهِ، وَعَرَفَهُ النَّاسُ