Answering the Phone with ‘Salaam’
BY: Ash Shaykh Al ‘Allaamah ‘Abdul ‘Azeez ibn Baaz
Question: What is the ruling concerning extending the Salaam to a caller on the phone if you do not know whether the caller is a Muslim or not?
Answer: The ruling in this matter is the same ruling as that of extending the greeting; one should not initiate the ‘Salaam’ if he knows that the caller is a disbeliever. However, there is no harm in this if you do not know [if the caller is Muslim or not].
Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqalaat Mutanawi’ah: Vol.6: Ask the people of Knowledge
BY: Ash Shaykh Al ‘Allaamah ‘Abdul ‘Azeez ibn Baaz
Question: What is the ruling concerning extending the Salaam to a caller on the phone if you do not know whether the caller is a Muslim or not?
Answer: The ruling in this matter is the same ruling as that of extending the greeting; one should not initiate the ‘Salaam’ if he knows that the caller is a disbeliever. However, there is no harm in this if you do not know [if the caller is Muslim or not].
Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqalaat Mutanawi’ah: Vol.6: Ask the people of Knowledge
