Tradition n. 154

عَنِ النَّبِيّ صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم قالَ :

إذا تَلاقَيتُم فَتَلاقُوا بِالتَّسليمِ وَ التَّصافُحِ، وَ إذا تَفَرَّقتُم فَتَفَرَّقُـوا بِالاِستِغفارِ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “When you meet each other than initiate greeting (salam) and embrace; and when you separate from each other, then depart with seeking forgiveness.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 76, p. 4

Tradition n. 155

قالَ الحُسَينُ بنُ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :

لِلسَّلامِ سَبعُونَ حَسَنَةً تِسعٌ وَ سِتُّونَ لِلمُبتَدي وَ واحِدَة لِلـّرادِّ.

Imam Husayn Ibn ’Ali (‘a) said: “Seventy rewards is the share of the one who initiates a 'greeting' and only one reward belongs to the one who returns the 'greeting'.” (When two people see each other, the initiator of the exchange of greetings receives a greater reward.)

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 120

Tradition n. 156

عَن أَبي عَبدِ الله عليه السلام قالَ جَمَعَ رَسُـولُ الله صَلَّـى اللّهُ عليه وَ آلِهِ و سلم بَني عَبـدِ المُطَّلِـبِ فَقالَ يا بَني عَبدِ المُطَّلِـبِ اَفشُـوا السَّـلامَ وَصِلُوا الأرحامَ وَ تَهَجَّـدُوا وَ النّاسُ نِيامٌ وَ اَطعِمُوا الطَّعامَ وَ اَطيبُوا الكَلامَ تَدخُلُوا الجَنَّةَ بِسَلامٍ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said that the Messenger of Allah (S) gathered the children of ‘Abd Al-Muttalib and said: “O' children of ‘Abd Al-Muttalib! Initiate greetings, have regard for kinship, perform the night prayers while people are asleep, feed (others) food, and deliver good speech and thereby you will enter paradise in peace.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 69, p. 393

Tradition n. 157

قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

البادِئُ بِالسَّلامِ اَولَى بِالله وَ رَسُولِهِ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “He who initiates a greeting is more beloved with Allah and His Messenger.”

Wasa’il ash-Shi’a vol.12, p. 55