Thirty Good Deeds Passing Us By

From ‘Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad’ (757):

Abu Hurayrah reported that a man passed by the Messenger of Allah while he was in a gathering, and he said: “as-Salamu ‘alaykum.” So, he said: “Ten good deeds.”

Another man passed by and said: “as-Salamu ‘alaykum wa Rahmatullah.” So, he said: “Twenty good deeds.”

Another man passed by and said: “as-Salamu ‘alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh.” So, he said: “Thirty good deeds.”

So, let us try to obtain the thirty good deeds by making the complete greeting instead of the basic one. Imagine how many hasanat pass us by every time we greet each other, as just two or three extra words will gain us an extra twenty good deeds each time we say them!

And from ‘as-Silsilah as-Sahihah’ (1403): “If a man meets his Muslim brother, he should say: ‘as-Salamu ‘alaykum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuh.’”

Subhaanallaahi, 30 good deed from a simple Salam!

The Prophet (S.A.W) said:"You shall not enter Paradise until you believe, and you have not believed until you love one another. Shall I tell you of somthing you can do to make you love one another? Spread the greetings of Salam(peace) amongst yourselves (i.e. between each other)". Muslim 1/74.

Wow, masha Allah. Two amazing hadiths. Jazaikumu Allahu kheyr girls.

I nsha Allah we shall all endeavour to give the entire greeting & obtain some easy hasanats!