Manners of Greeting with Salaam, Dought & clear, - * Responding to Greeting of Parrot

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In my grandfather's house there is a real live parrot, and when I pass by it, it greets me and says ‘al-salamu ‘alaykum”. In this case do I have to return the greeting of this bird?
Praise be to Allah.
Firstly:
Al-Fayyoomi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
The babgha (parrot) is a well-known bird. The word babgha may be masculine or feminine, and the plural is Babghawat.
Al-Misbah al-Muneer fi Ghareeb al-Sharh al-Kabeer, 1/35
Secondly:
It seems that it is not prescribed to return the greeting of a parrot which has learnt how to say salams (Islamic greeting), because saying salam is an act of worship and a supplication which requires intention on the part of the one who said it, and there is no such intention on the part of this trained creature. So one should not return its greeting. The ruling is the same as that on a tape on which the greeting is recorded and can be heard. It is a transmission of sound and does not come under the ruling on greeting when it is broadcast live, in which case returning the greeting is prescribed and is a communal obligation (fard kifayah).
Al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih al-‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Sometimes the greeting may be recorded and they put it on the tape and run it. If it is recorded then you are not obliged to return the greeting, because this is just a transmission of sound.
Liqa’ al-Bab al-Maftooh, 28/229
See the rest of the fatwa and details on this issue in the answer to question number 128737.
Based on this, the parrot does not intend to give the greeting of salam, because it does not possess the power of reason, and when it speaks it is just repeating what it has been taught, without meaning what it says.
Some of the scholars have stated that it is not prescribed to prostrate if one hears a verse from a parrot or from a recorded tape.
One of the conclusions of the book Bahjat al-Asma‘ fi Ahkam al-Sama‘ fi’l-Fiqh al-Islami by Prof. ‘Ali ibn Dhariyan ibn Faris al-Hasan al-‘Anzi (published by Dar al-Manar in Kuwait) is:
The listener need not do the prostration of recitation if he hears it from a source that is not human, such as a trained bird like a parrot or hearing it from an echo. End quote.
And Allah knows best.-

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Manners of Greeting with Salaam, Dought & clear, - * Ruling on initiating the greeting of salaam with Jews and Christians, and how to push them to the narrowest part of the road

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According to a hadeeth narrated by Imaam Muslim in his Saheeh from Abu Hurayrah (may Allaah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not initiate the greeting of salaam with the Jews and Christians, and if you meet one of them on the road then let him go to the narrowest part of it.” (Muslim, al-Salaam, 2167). Doesn’t doing this put people off entering Islam?
Praise be to Allaah.
You should note that the best of those who call people to Allaah is the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), and that the best of those who guide people to Allaah is the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). If we know that, then we should be skeptical about any interpretation of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) that does not make sense or does not seem to be wise. We should realize that our understanding of the Prophet’s words may be wrong. That does not mean that we should judge the ahaadeeth of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) on the basis of our personal reasoning, because our reasoning and understanding may be lacking. But there are general guidelines in sharee’ah to which we may refer with regard to individual matters.
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Do not initiate the greeting of salaam with the Jews and Christians, and if you meet one of them on the road then let him go to the narrowest part of it.” What this means is: do not give way to them if you meet them, so that the way is open for them and you cause restriction to yourself. Rather, continue on your way and leave the narrow gap – if there is a narrow gap – for them. It is known that the teaching of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), when he saw a kaafir, was not to go and crowd him out of the way so that he would end up against the wall. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did not do this to the Jews of Madeenah and his Companions did not do that after their conquests of other regions.
What it means is that just as you do not initiate the greeting of salaam, you should not make room for them. If they meet a group of you, do not split up to let them pass, rather continue on your way and leave them the narrow space if there is a narrow part of the road. This hadeeth is not meant to put people off Islam, rather it is a manifestation of the Muslim’s pride and a sign that he does not humiliate himself for anyone except his Lord.-

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Commentary on Hadeeth, - Dought & clear, - * Reconciling between the hadeeth on the strangeness of religion and the survival of the victorious group

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How can we reconcile between the hadeeth “Islam began as something strange” and the hadeeth “A group of my ummah will continue to prevail following the truth”?.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no contradiction between them. The first hadeeth is clear and is confirmed by historical reality. The rest of it says, “and it will go back to being something strange as it began, so glad tidings to the strangers.” According to a version that is not narrated by Muslim, “They will revive that which the people have killed off of my Sunnah.” According to another version: “Those who correct what the people corrupt.”
The second hadeeth indicates that reform, da’wah, knowledge and teaching will continue, and this is glad tidings that there will be a group which still prevails and adheres to the truth. The idea of being a stranger, is not contrary to the idea of the survival of that group, and it does not imply that it will be in one place. Truth must remain until the Dajjaal emerges, and until the wind comes [which will take the souls of the believers just before the Hour begins].
Moreover, this sense of being a stranger may increase in one area whilst decreasing in another, and it may mean many things, such as an increase in bid’ah (innovation), neglect of prayer in congregation, or not enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil. One of the most serious manifestations of it is the alienation of the people of Tawheed and the prevalence of shirk. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.
Islam may prevail in some areas and become stronger than before, as we see in real life, and it may be stronger at some times than others.
With regard to the hadeeth: “There will come no time but the time after it will be worse than it”, this is to be interpreted as referring to what is usually the case. It does not mean that there will not some times that are than those that came before, as in the case of the era of ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azeez: his time was better than the time of Sulaymaan and al-Waleed; and as in the case of the time of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah and his student Ibn al-Qayyim, when the Sunnah prevailed and innovation was refuted; and as happened in Arabia after the da’wah of Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhaab (may Allaah have mercy on him).
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