Fatwa #1402811 March 2006India

emails,letters, faxes and general correspondences we receive from fellow Muslims begin with the salaam. How do we respond to this?

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Most or all emails,letters, faxes and general correspondences we receive from fellow Muslims begin with the salaam. How do we respond to this? Do we necessarily have to respond to it?

Answer

Allah Taa’la states "And when you are greeted, then reply in a better way or at least in the same manner". Therefore, if anyone has written Salaam, you should reply to their Salaam.

And Allah Knows Best

Mufti Ebrahim Desai

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