184 — “Salām is one of the names of Allah that He has placed upon the earth, so spread salām among yourselves.”

Al-Bukhārī narrated it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (989): Shihāb told us, saying, “Ḥammād ibn Salamah narrated to us from Ḥumayd, from Anas, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said”—and he cited the ḥadith.

I say: This isnād is authentic. All its transmitters are reliable and are narrators found in the two Ṣaḥīḥs, except for Ḥammād ibn Salamah, who is found only in Muslim.

The ḥadith also has corroboration from ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd in a marfūʿ form. Abū Shaykh recorded it in aṭ-Ṭabaqāt (147, 295) through the route of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar, who said: “Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd narrated to us from al-Aʿmash, from Zayd ibn Wahb, from ʿAbdullāh”—with the same wording—and remarked, “ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar is the sole transmitter of it.”

I say: This is ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar ibn Yazīd az-Zuhrī. Abū Shaykh said:

“He was known as Abū Muḥammad, served as a judge in al-Karkh and relocated there. He died in the year 252 AH. He narrated from Yaḥyā, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Rūḥ, Ḥammād ibn Masʿada, Muḥammad ibn Bakr, Abū Qutaybah, and others. He left many written works and transmitted several ḥadith for which he is the sole source.”

Abū Shaykh then listed his traditions, this being the first of them.

Ibn Abī Ḥātim likewise mentioned him (2/2/111) and cited no criticism against him.

I say: The man may be used for corroboration, even if not relied upon independently, for nothing Abū Shaykh related from him is objectionable; and Allah knows best.

Al-Munādhirī cited the ḥadith in at-Targhīb (3/267–268) with the additional wording:

“If a Muslim man passes by a group and greets them with salām, and they respond to him, he then has over them …”