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==Meaning and Phrase== | ==Meaning and Phrase== | ||
===Meaning=== | ===Meaning=== | ||
Lexically, Salam means health, safety or peace. The word "Salam" was chosen for greeting; as it means praying for being away from physical and religious defects. Moreover, Salam is considered as a [[covenant]] among Muslim to protect each other's lives, property and honor. The Qur'an says Salam is a blessed and pure greeting from God to the faithful: "greet yourselves with a salutation from Allah, blessed and good." | Lexically, Salam means health, safety or peace.<ref><nowiki>''</nowiki>AL-Muʿjam al-wasīṭ<nowiki>''</nowiki>.</ref> The word "Salam" was chosen for greeting<ref>[https://www.vajehyab.com/dehkhoda/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85 The meaning of the word Salam(hello)]</ref>; as it means praying for being away from physical and religious defects. Moreover, Salam is considered as a [[covenant]] among Muslim to protect each other's lives, property and honor.<ref>ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, ''Muʿjam al-muṣṭalaḥāt wa l-alfāẓ al-fiqhīyya, vol. 2, p. 284.''</ref> The Qur'an says Salam is a blessed and pure greeting from God to the faithful: "greet yourselves with a salutation from Allah, blessed and good."<ref>Qur'an, 24:61.</ref> | ||
===Phrase=== | ===Phrase=== | ||
According to majority of [[faqihs]] there are four phrases for saying Salam: | According to majority of [[faqihs]] there are four phrases for saying Salam:<ref>Najafī, ''Jawāhir al-kalām,'' vol. 11, p. 103.</ref> | ||
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* Salam 'Alayk | * Salam 'Alayk | ||
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* Salam 'Alaykum | * Salam 'Alaykum | ||
* al-Salam 'Alaykum{{end}} | * al-Salam 'Alaykum{{end}} | ||
Some said that these four phrases are the only phrases for saying Salam. On the contrary, some maintain that every phrase that is recognized as greeting and salutation is counted as a phrase of Salam; whether it is "Salam 'Alaykum," "'Alaykum al-Salam" or even "Salam" per se. | Some said that these four phrases are the only phrases for saying Salam.<ref>Baḥrānī, ''Al-Ḥadāʾiq al-nāḍira,'' vol. 9, p. 72.</ref> On the contrary, some maintain that every phrase that is recognized as greeting and salutation is counted as a phrase of Salam; whether it is "Salam 'Alaykum," "'Alaykum al-Salam" or even "Salam" per se.<ref>Ḥillī, ''Mukhtalaf al-Shīʿa,'' vol. 2, p. 204; Najafī, ''Jawāhir al-kalām,'' vol. 11, p. 103.</ref> | ||
===Salam, a Divine Attribute=== | ===Salam, a Divine Attribute=== | ||
{{main|Salam (divine attribute)}} | {{main|Salam (divine attribute)}} | ||
Salam is one of Allah's attributes] that can have three meanings. | Salam is one of Allah's attributes] that can have three meanings. | ||
* First, as a [[Negative Attribute]] that indicates the almighty God is pure from all shortcomings which relate to His creatures. Supporting and explaining this meaning [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says, interpreting this verse of the Qur'an "For them will be Dar al-Salam (house of peace) near their Lord," | * First, as a [[Negative Attribute]] that indicates the almighty God is pure from all shortcomings which relate to His creatures.<ref>Samʿānī, ''Rawḥ al-arwāḥ,'' p. 21.</ref><ref>Ṣadūq, ''Al-Tawḥīd,'' p. 204.</ref> Supporting and explaining this meaning [[al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] says, interpreting this verse of the Qur'an "For them will be Dar al-Salam (house of peace) near their Lord,"<ref>Qura'n, 6:127.</ref>: "Salam" is God and "Dar" is Paradise. Paradise is called Dar al-Salam because it is away from this world's shortcomings.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Al-Tawḥīd,'' p. 205.</ref> | ||
* Second, is an [[Attribute of Action]], which means the health giver. | * Second, is an [[Attribute of Action]], which means the health giver.<ref>Ṣadūq, ''Al-Tawḥīd,'' p. 204; Kafʿamī, ''Al-Miṣbāḥ,'' p. 318.</ref> | ||
* Third, is a [[Positive Attribute]] that means the Saluter. | * Third, is a [[Positive Attribute]] that means the Saluter.<ref>Fakhr al-Rāzī, ''Lawāmiʿ al-bayyināt,'' p. 188.</ref> | ||
==Importance== | ==Importance== | ||