The noble
Shaykhah, Umm Abdillaah al-Waadi’iyyah wrote:
Imaam Muslim
reported on the authority of Umm Haani bint Abi Talib (may Allaah be pleased
with her) who said: ‘I went to the Messenger of Allaah in the Year of Conquest,
I found him performing a bath while his daughter, Faatimah (may Allaah be
pleased with her), was concealing him with a cloth.’ Umm Haani (may Allaah be
pleased with her) said salaam then he replied: ‘Who is she?’ Umm Haani (may
Allah be pleased with her) said: Umm Haani bint Abi Taalib.”
Women may say
salaam to men when there is no fear of trial.[1]
Question: If a person that I do not know says, ‘As-Salaam alaykum; is it
permissible for me to reply him, especially if I am walking on the street?
Shaykh bin
Baaz: Yes, it is permissible. In fact, it
is legislated or obligatory based on the saying of Allaah: “And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return]
with one better than it or [at least] return it [in a like manner].”[2] In addition, Allah’s Messenger (sallallaahu alayhi
wasallam) greeted women with the greeting of salaam, admonished women and
invited them to Allaah. Therefore, when a Muslim says salaam, it should be
replied regardless of whether the salaam was addressed to men or women. If a
woman says salaam to men, they should reply her and if men say salaam to women,
they should reply the men according to the proofs in the Qur’aan and Sunnah. However,
she should be careful in doing that and keep away from suspicion or not wearing
Hijaab. She should put on the Islamic Hijaab in the markets and in the presence
of non-mahram men in any place. So she can return the greeting of salaam to men
or initiate in and vice versa[3].
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