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Many of us have an issue sometimes where if we don't like someone we find it difficult to greet them or to respond to the greeting

Allah says

When you are greeted reply the greeting. What is a greeting in Islam?

It's a prayer. It's actually a prayer where you're asking Allah to have mercy upon

someone or to have peace upon someone to give them peace and blessings

So you say Assalamu alaykum which means may peace be upon you. What a blessed prayer

So Allah says if they've given you something give them something in return which is better than what they gave you or minimum

Give them similar to what they gave you so when someone says may peace be upon you. Allah says in verse number 86 of Suratun Nisa

Wa Ida huyeetun bitahia faha'yuh biahsana minha

When you are greeted with a greeting greet back with a better greeting

Aoruduha or if you don't do that at least respond to it similarly

Subhanallah so

This is something you need to know greet people and respond to their greetings in a beautiful way and Allah will open your doors

So someone might say well, I don't really like this person

My brothers and sisters if there is someone who is harming you day and night

Someone whom you know it is proven that they are working towards your downfall and if you know for a fact that they're greeting you as a

mockery in that case you don't have to respond to their lies

Why do we say lies because they are telling you may peace be upon you but in actual fact they have war upon you

So they're lying they're being hypocritical

Still it would be better to just respond to that by just saying Wa alaykumus Salam

But if they're really harming you they have been instances in the life of Rasulullah Salallahu alayhi salam where

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