As-Salāmu ʿAlaykum (السلام عليكم)

The Greetings of Peace

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَ إِنْ جَنَحُوا لِلسَّلْمِ فَاجْنَحْ لَها قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا السَّلْمُ قَالَ الدُّخُولُ فِي أَمْرِنَا

Al-Hussain ibn Mohammed who from Moulaa ibn Mohammed who from Mohammed ibn Jamhor, who from Safwan who Ibn Muskam who from Al-Halabi has narrated the following from Abi Abd Allah^-asws about the words of Allah^-azwj:

And if they incline to Salam, then incline to it and trust in Allah; surely He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (8:61).  I asked the Imam: ‘what is the meaning of al-Salam’?  The Imam^-asws replied: ‘It is the invitation to enter into our ‘Amr’ (the Divine Authority)’.^[1]

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[1] Al-Kafi, vol, 1, H. 1093, Ch. 108, h 16