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Who greets first

Monday, May 2, 1955

يُسَلِّمُ الرَّاكِبُ عَلَى الْمَاشِي، وَالْمَاشِي عَلَى الْقَاعِدِ، وَالْقَلِيلُ عَلَى الْكَثِيرِ
Transliteration

Yusallimu-r-rakibu 'ala-l-mashi, wa-l-mashi 'ala-l-qa'id, wa-l-qalilu 'ala-l-kathir.

Translation

The one riding greets the one walking, the one walking greets the one sitting, and the smaller group greets the larger group.

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah·Sahih al-Bukhari 6232, Sahih Muslim 2160
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