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For Sale at $300, but Buy it for $800
Sayyidna Jareer ibn Abdullah, Radi-Allahu anhu, once sent his servant for buying a horse. The servant made a deal for three hundred dirhams and brought the seller with him so he could be paid. Sayyidna Jareer ibn Abdullah, Radi-Allahu anhu, looked at the horse and realized that the seller had undervalued it. "Would you sell it for four hundred?" he asked. The seller agreed. "How about five hundred?" he continued his unusual "bargaining" and finally bought the horse for eight hundred dirhams. He was later asked why he did so. "The seller was not aware of the true value of this horse, " he explained. "I have simply given him a fair price because I had promised to Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, to always be sincere and well-wisher for every Muslim."

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Riyad-us-Saleheen - Book Five: The book of Greetings
Wednesday, 21 May 2008 08:35

Chapter 139
Excellence of Greeting on Arrival and Departure

وفارق جلساءه أَوْ جليسه

[869] وعن أَبي هريرة قال : قَالَ رسول الله : « إِذَا انْتَهى أَحَدُكُمْ إِلَى المَجْلِسِ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ ، فَإذَا أرَادَ أنْ يَقُومَ فَلْيُسَلِّمْ ، فَلَيْسَتِ الأُولَى بِأحَقّ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ » . رواه أَبُو داود والترمذي ، وقال : ( حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ ) . فيه : مشروعية السلام عند دخول المجلس ، وعند القيام منه . قال الطيبي : قيل : كما أن التسليمة الأولى إخبار عن سلاماتهم من شره عند الحضور ، فكذا الثانية إخبار عن سلامتهم من شره عند الغيبة .

869. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (PBUH) said, "When one of you arrives in a gathering, he should offer Salam to those who are already there, and he should also do so when he intends to depart. The first act of greeting is not more meritorious than the last."

[Abu Dawud].

Commentary: We should offer As-Salam to those sitting in a gathering, on our arrival as well as departure. Both the greetings are essential. "The first act of greeting is not more meritorious than the last" means that we should utter it on both occasions.
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