It is narrated from Ata bin Abi Rabah (may Allah have mercy on him), he says that he disliked greeting with a hand gesture. Or he said: Greeting with a hand gesture was disliked.

Thabit bin Ubaid (may Allah have mercy on him) says: I came to a gathering in which Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was also present. He said: When you greet with Salam, let others hear it, that is, greet with a loud voice, because this is a blessed and pure gift from Allah Almighty.

It is narrated from Tufail bin Abi bin Ka'b (may Allah have mercy on him), who stated that when he would come to (visit) Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), he would take him to the market early in the morning. When we would go to the market, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would greet with salam every junk dealer, merchant, poor person, or any individual he passed by. Tufail says that one day I came to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), and he told me to go to the market. I submitted: What will you do by going to the market, when you neither stand for any buying or selling, nor do you ask about the price of any goods, nor do you finalize any deal, nor do you sit in the gatherings of the market? Please stay here with us. We will talk among ourselves. Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: O Abu Batn! (Tufail, may Allah have mercy on him, had a somewhat large belly) We go to the market so that we may greet with salam whoever we meet.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When any of you comes to a gathering, he should say salam (greet with peace), and when he gets up to leave, he should also say salam. Surely, the latter is not more important than the former."

Through another chain, it is also narrated in a similar manner, marfu‘an, from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When any of you comes to a gathering, he should greet with salam. If he sits down and then has to get up and leave before the gathering disperses, he should greet with salam, for the first salam is not more important than the second."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah (may Allah be pleased with them) that my respected father said to me: My son! If you are in a gathering from which you hope for goodness, and then due to some need you have to leave early, then leave by saying «السلام علیکم» . In this way, you will share in the goodness that reaches the people of the gathering. And any people who sit in a gathering and part from each other without mentioning Allah, they are like those who got up from a dead donkey.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: When one meets his Muslim brother, he should greet him with salam. If a tree or a wall comes between them and then they meet again, he should greet him with salam again.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the companions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would gather together, then a tree would come before them and some people would go to its right and some to its left, then when they met again, they would greet each other with salam.

It is narrated from Thabit Banani (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) used to apply fragrant oil to his hands every morning in order to shake hands with his brothers.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that a man asked: O Messenger of Allah! Which Islam is best? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Feed (others), and greet both those you know and those you do not know with peace (salam)."