In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum
Dear Friends
I pray that you are well.
All of us say to each other Assalaamu alaykum (may well being be yours). This is a prayer for well being which is superior prayer to the other greetings like Hayyak Allah (may Allah give you life).
Life without well-being is punishment. Life with well-being is life.
Assalaamu alaykum is the prayer that we pray for each other and also as declaration that we made to each other through which we declare, "I bid you no harm, I wish the good for you, you have peace with regards to me, you will not receive any evil from me, you are safe from me."
So when you meet someone and he says Asssalaamu alaykum, know that he is declaring that you are in peace with regard to him and he is wishing only well being to you. So you respond by saying, wa alaykum salaam (and upon you be peace), or better, wa alaykum salaam warahmatullah (and upon you be the peace and mercy of Allah), or wa alaykum salaam warahmatullahi wabarakatuh (and upon you be the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah).
When meeting a stranger for the first time, one can figure out if this stranger is a foe or a friend. That's why the ulama' said if somebody coming on a winding road on a horse and if he sees someone walking ahead of him, it is obligatory for him (the one on the horse) to say Assalaamu alaykum.
In Islamic law, it is not obligatory to start a Salaam but obligatory to answer the Salaam. It is a greeting of prayer and an announcement of brotherhood. Allah says this greeting of Assalaamu alaykum is a greeting from Allah full of blessings and very pure and goodly. So we thank Allah for the blessing of the Salaam and we initiate Salaam.
وَإِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يُؤۡمِنُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَقُلۡ سَلَـٰمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡۖ كَتَبَ رَبُّكُمۡ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَةَۖ أَنَّهُ ۥ مَنۡ عَمِلَ مِنكُمۡ سُوٓءَۢا بِجَهَـٰلَةٍ۬ ثُمَّ تَابَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦ وَأَصۡلَحَ فَأَنَّهُ ۥ غَفُورٌ۬ رَّحِيمٌ۬Qur'an Al-Anaam 6:54
When those who believe in Our Signs come to you, say: "Salaamun 'Alaikum" (peace be on you); your Lord has written (prescribed) Mercy for Himself, so that, if any of you does evil in ignorance, and thereafter repents and does righteous good deeds (by obeying Allah), then surely, He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
Allah is As-Salaam (The Possessor of Salaam) He has made this word beloved to us. He called our religion Islam, the thing that brings about Salaama (pure well being). This is the greeting that He has chosen for this religion.
We say Assalaamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh at the end of each prayer everyday at least 5 times a day. Peace to the right (to the angels and people); peace to the left (to the angels and people). It is a complete spread of well being.
The dwellers of Paradise will be greeted with salaam, by Allah, by the angels and by each other. They hear "Peace! Peace!"
إِلَّا قِيلًۭا سَلَٰمًۭا سَلَٰمًۭاQur'an 56:26
Only the saying,'Peace! Peace'.
سَلَٰمٌۭ قَوْلًۭا مِّن رَّبٍّۢ رَّحِيمٍۢQur'an Yaseen 36:58
Peace! - a Word (of salutation) from a Lord Most Merciful!
The "Peace of Allah" is an atmosphere which sums up Heaven even better than "Bliss".
The words sums up the attainment of the final Goal, for it explains the nature of the Most High. He is not only a Lord and Cherisher, but a Lord Whose supreme glory is Mercy, Peace, and Harmony!
اللهم أنت السلام ومنك السلام تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام
Allahumma anta As-Salaam wa minka As-Salaam. Tabarakta ya Dha Al-Jalali wa Al-Ikram
O Allah, You are As-Salaam and from You is all peace, blessed are You, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor.
The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
You will not enter Paradise until you believe, and you will not believe until you love each other. Shall I guide you to something if you did it you will love each other? ... Spread the Salaam among yourselves.May Allah grant us well being and make us true agents of peace. May Allah send peace to all places where He is being remembered. Ameen.
Please don't forget us in your night prayers. JazakAllahu khairan.
And Allah knows best.
Wassaalaam
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