Asalaamu alaikum -
Recently I spent a few days in the hospital (again) and my nurse was a sister from Afghanistan. Every time I gave her the salaam, she replied with "Allah hafiz" instead of "wa alaikum salaam". I'm not familiar with this form of greeting, and was a bit put off by it.
Is this something specific to that region? I don't think I will add it to my repertoire.
Recently I spent a few days in the hospital (again) and my nurse was a sister from Afghanistan. Every time I gave her the salaam, she replied with "Allah hafiz" instead of "wa alaikum salaam". I'm not familiar with this form of greeting, and was a bit put off by it.
Is this something specific to that region? I don't think I will add it to my repertoire.
