Conveying the ‘salaam’ on behalf of another

Reference: http://mufti.af.org.sa/ar/content/هل-يجب-تبليغ-السلام-إذا-قال-شخص-أقرئ-فلاناً-مني-السلام

Question: If one of them requests that I convey their ‘salaam’[1] to someone I know, then am I obligated to do that?

Response: He has entrusted you with a request, so you must fulfil it. When he said[2]:

convey my ‘salaam’ to such-and-such

…and you replied[3]:

yes, I will convey it in shaa.-Allaah

…then it is required of you to fulfil the trust of [conveying] the ‘salaam’, and carry it to the [intended] recipient and say[4]:

such-and-such conveys his ‘salaam’ [to you]


Translator’s note:
[1] The greeting of “as-salaam ‘alaykum”.
[2, 3 and 4] Or words to that effect.

Translation originally published on 29 January, 2018.

Graduate of the Islaamic University of Madeenah, having completed the Arabic Language programme at the Institute of Arabic Language before progressing to the Faculty of Sharee'ah, from which he graduated in 2004. He currently resides in Birmingham, UK.

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