Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd also corroborated him, saying: Muḥammad ibn Ziyād narrated it to me. Al-Ṭabarānī also narrated it (7524), and it is likewise authentic.

The second: from Abū Farwah al-Rahāwī, Yazīd ibn Sinān, from Sulaym ibn ʿĀmir, from Abū Umāmah, who said:

It was asked: “O Messenger of Allah, when two men meet, which of them should initiate the greeting of peace?” He replied:

“The one who takes the initiative in greeting the other.”

It was narrated by al-Tirmidhī (2694), who said:

“This is a good hadith.”

I say: that is, good by virtue of corroborating evidence, since there is unanimous agreement that this Abū Farwah was weak. For this reason, al-Ḥāfiẓ said: “Weak.”

The third: from ʿUbayd Allah ibn Zaḥr, from ʿAlī ibn Yazīd, from al-Qāsim, from Abū Umāmah, attributed to the Prophet, with the wording:

“Whoever initiates the greeting of peace is nearer to Allah, the Most High, and His Messenger.”

It was narrated by Aḥmad (5/254 and 261/264 and 269), and by al-Ṭabarānī in al-Muʿjam (8/237/7814 and 7815).

This chain of transmission is weak because of the weakness of ʿAlī ibn Yazīd—who is al-Alhānī.

ʿUbayd Allah ibn Zaḥr is comparable to him—or better than him—and he has been corroborated. Baqiyyah ibn al-Walīd said: from