<b>Guidance from the Hadith:</b><br> 1) When someone asks a scholar about something useful, he should intend to act upon it, not merely to acquire knowledge.<br> 2) Let us not only greet those we know, but give the greeting for the sake of cordiality and divine reward.<br> 3) Feeding one’s relatives is regarded as both an act of charity and upholding of kinship ties, as well as fulfillment of an obligatory act. Feeding unrelated people, on the other hand, is regarded as charity and performance of a recommended act. What is obligatory is dearer to Allah Almighty than what is recommended.<br> <br> <b>Benefit:</b><br> Types of people with regard to the greeting of peace:<br> First: Muslims who are not known to be evildoers. We greet them, and the best of two persons meeting each other is the one who initiates the greeting of peace.<br> Second: Muslims who are known to be evildoers. We greet such people if the greeting serves a good purpose and we refrain from it if deserting them serves a good purpose.<br> Third: Disbelievers. We do not initiate the greeting to them. But if they greet us, we return the greeting, based on the generality of the verse that says: {And when you are greeted with a greeting, greet [in return] with one better than it or return it [in a like manner].}