It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Sulaym al-Hujaymi (may Allah be pleased with him); he said: I met the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on one of the roads of Madinah. He (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a cotton waist-wrapper with spread-out fringes. I said: 'Alayka al-salam' (Upon you be peace), O Muhammad! or, O Messenger of Allah! He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "'Alayka al-salam' is the greeting of the dead, 'Alayka al-salam' is the greeting of the dead, 'Alayka al-salam' is the greeting of the dead. (Rather,) say 'Salamun alaykum, salamun alaykum, salamun alaykum' (Peace be upon you); that is, say it like this." The narrator said: Then I asked him (peace and blessings be upon him) about the waist-wrapper. He (peace and blessings be upon him) bent his back and took hold of the middle part of his shin, and said: "Up to here; and if you refuse, then here, above the ankles; and if you refuse (even that), then Allah Almighty does not love anyone who is arrogant and boastful." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.