Salaam,if your a muslim then you ve probably heard that some stuff regarding the giving of salaam to non-muslim regarding replying and also greeting them with salam. If you only bothered to listen to ur ustaz or ustazah then you most probably had been told that u cant or can only reply with a certain way of replying but if your the type to think,to ponder if that is really how is suppose to be then i bid you to open this link and read it so that you may decide for yourself which of it do you believe or want to practice.
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My personal stand of this issue? I am not against giving salaam to non-muslim or replying those who greet me with salaam with Wa’alaikumus-Salaam(spelling may differ) as long as it is said with good intend,heck,I might even practice it myself one day though not at this very moment becoz the people in this country are not as open to this culture or way of thinking like other muslim around the world and I mean why not do it?Other parts of the world practice it too,muslim and non-muslim greet each other with salaam and I must admit it is sad that the people in this country cant open their minds to such culture.Salaam in its english translation means "peace be upon you",it hold such a beautiful meaning?Peace,who are we to deny peace to other people of different religion?Peace belong to all,regardless of race,religion,origins and background so I beg you all to remember that peace does not belong to one race,one religion but to all who live in this world.
With this I say,to my non-muslim friend,if you wish to greet me with salaam(Assalamu alaikum) then i shall return the favour to you on another occasion and i shall reply you with
Wa’alaikumus-Salaam but please do so with good intent and none of the opposite..
And to all my muslim friends,I am sorry if anything I said might hurt you or that my opinion might offend you but I shall not retract anything that I have said thus far,because it is my opinion,there is no right or wrong in this topic,believe in what you want to believe and force it not upon others because you do not know which is right and which is wrong,only Allah S.W.T knows the answer as does with all the un-answered question we have...
Therefore I would to end this post with this,Assalamu-alaikum to all who read this and also thank you for reading...
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