Riyad as-Salihin — Hadith #46033

On the authority of Al-Tufayl bin Abi bin Ka’b, he used to come to Abdullah bin Omar and join him in the morning to the market. He said: When we went to the market in the morning, Abdullah did not pass by a poor person, a seller, a poor person, or anyone without greeting him. Al-Tufayl said, I came to Abdullah bin Omar one day, and he followed me to the market. I said to him: What are you doing in the market, when you do not stand at the market, do not ask about the goods, do not bargain with them, and do not sit in the market places? And I say: Sit with us here and we will talk. Then he said, O Abu Batan - and Tufayl had a belly - we only go out in the morning for the sake of greeting, so we greet whomever we meet. ((Narrated by Malik in Al-Muwatta’ with an authentic chain of transmission)).