Is this practice correct?

✅ Answer: Pay attention to the following narrations:

1 عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِیِّ عَنِ السَّکُونِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: قَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ یُکْرَهُ لِلرَّجُلِ أَنْ یَقُولَ حَیَّاکَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ یَسْکُتَ حَتَّی یُتْبِعَهَا بِالسَّلَامِ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 646

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) said: It is disliked for a person to say, 'May Allah keep you alive,' and then remain silent until they follow it with a greeting!

2 عَلِیُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِیمَ عَنْ أَبِیهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِیِّ عَنِ السَّکُونِیِّ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (علیه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله السَّلَامُ تَطَوُّعٌ وَ الرَّدُّ فَرِیضَةٌ.

وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ: مَنْ بَدَأَ بِالْکَلَامِ قَبْلَ السَّلَامِ فَلَا تُجِیبُوهُ وَ قَالَ ابْدَءُوا بِالسَّلَامِ قَبْلَ الْکَلَامِ فَمَنْ بَدَأَ بِالْکَلَامِ قَبْلَ السَّلَامِ فَلَا تُجِیبُوهُ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 643

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Offering salaam is recommended, and responding to it is obligatory!

And with the same chain of narration, he said: Do not respond to someone who starts speaking before offering salaam!

And he said: Begin with salaam before speaking! So, do not respond to someone who starts speaking before offering salaam!

3 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِیٍّ عَنِ ابْنِ بَقَّاحٍ عَنْ سَیْفِ بْنِ عَمِیرَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شِمْرٍ عَنْ جَابِرٍ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَرٍ (علیه السلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله إِذَا الْتَقَیْتُمْ فَتَلَاقَوْا بِالتَّسْلِیمِ وَ التَّصَافُحِ وَ إِذَا تَفَرَّقْتُمْ فَتَفَرَّقُوا بِالاسْتِغْفَارِ

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 2, p. 181

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: When you meet one another, greet with salaam and a handshake, and when you part, part with seeking forgiveness (for each other)!

4 عَنِ الْحَارِثِ الْهَمْدَانِیِّ عَنْ عَلِیٍّ علیه السلام عَنِ النَّبِیِّ صلی اللّٰه علیه و آله قَالَ: إِنَّ لِلْمُسْلِمِ عَلَی أَخِیهِ الْمُسْلِمِ مِنَ الْمَعْرُوفِ سِتّاً یُسَلِّمُ عَلَیْهِ إِذَا لَقِیَهُ...

📚 Amali al-Tusi, Vol. 2, p. 248

The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Indeed, for a Muslim towards their Muslim brother, there are six good deeds: when they meet, they should offer salaam to them...

5 عَنْ عَلِیٍّ فِی خُطْبَةٍ لَهُ قَالَ: وَ مَا أُحْدِثَتْ بِدْعَةٌ إِلَّا تُرِکَتْ بِهَا سُنَّةٌ

📚 Nahj al-Balagha

Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) said: No innovation is introduced unless a tradition is abandoned because of it!

6 عَنِ ابْنِ حُمَیْدٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَی أَمِیرِ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ علیه السلام فَقَالَ أَخْبِرْنِی عَنِ السُّنَّةِ وَ الْبِدْعَةِ وَ عَنِ الْجَمَاعَةِ وَ عَنِ الْفِرْقَةِ فَقَالَ أَمِیرُ الْمُؤْمِنِینَ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ السُّنَّةُ مَا سَنَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلی الله علیه و آله وَ الْبِدْعَةُ مَا أُحْدِثَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَ الْجَمَاعَةُ أَهْلُ الْحَقِّ وَ إِنْ کَانُوا قَلِیلًا وَ الْفِرْقَةُ أَهْلُ الْبَاطِلِ وَ إِنْ کَانُوا کَثِیراً.

📚 Ma'ani al-Akhbar, p. 155

A man came to Amir al-Mu'minin (peace be upon him) and said: Inform me about tradition, innovation, the community, and the sect!

He said: Tradition is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) established and laid down as a practice, and innovation is what was introduced after him. The community consists of the people of truth, even if they are few, and the sect consists of the people of falsehood, even if they are many!

✅ According to the above narrations and many other hadiths, the recommended and traditional greeting in Islam is to say salaam to one another upon meeting.

The word 'Durood,' although listed as one of the Persian meanings of salaam, is neither recommended by the Sharia nor encompasses all the meanings of salaam, which is an Arabic word. Generally, non-Arabic languages cannot fully convey the complete meaning of Arabic words.

Therefore, to follow the tradition and avoid innovation, it is necessary to use the very word that the Infallibles (peace be upon them) recommended for greeting and to refrain from replacing it with other words, God willing.

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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر