recommendation of greeting others more than once if one meets them so often’.

He [i.e. Al-Alb?n?] also said: ‘The had?th also indicates the legality of greeting others inside a mosque as is affirmed in the had?th that stated that an Ans?r group greeted the prophet ( - ) inside Qub?’ mosque. Despite all these evidences, some fanatics pay no attention to this Sunnah; denying it to be of the prophet’s ( - ) Sunnah but instead an abhorred act; they enter the mosques and greet none of those inside. Hopefully, after reading these lines, they would adhere to this Sunnah and call others to it. Verily, calling others unto All?h ( - ) will surely benefit the believers’. (1)

To conclude, greeting others should be done when meeting and departing from them even if the period is very short and whether they are inside a mosque or not.

[2/ 48] Regretfully, when you meet some people after performing Sal?t and greet them with “As-Sal?m ‘Alikum Warahmattull?h”, they instantly say: “Taqabbala All?h” [i.e. may All?h accept your Sal?t from you] thinking that they have indeed done what is incumbent on them as if they have not heard All?h’s ( - ) verse:

[ وإذا حييتم بتحية فحيوا بأحسن منها أو ردوها إن الله كان على كل شيء حسيباً]

‘ When you are greeted with a greeting, greet in return with what is better than it, or (at least) return it equally. Certainly, All?h ( - ) is Ever a Careful Account Taker of all things’. (2)

Others even greet other people with “Taqabbala All?h” [instead of As-Sal?mu ‘Alikum] though All?h ( - ) says: [ تحيتهم يوم يلقونه سلامٌ] ‘ Their greeting on the Day they shall meet Him will be “Sal?m”’. (3)