979 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Abū ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Baqiyyah narrated to us, from Muḥammad ibn Ziyād al-Alhānī, who said: “I was holding the hand of Abū Umāmah, and he would not pass by anyone without offering him the salām. He then said, ‘Indeed, the salām is a pledge of security for our ahl al-dhimmah (non-Muslim subjects under Muslim protection) and a greeting for the people of our religion.’”