Arabic (Original)
841/1101(صحيح)عن أبي عثمان النهدي قال: كتب أبو موسى إلى رُهبان(1)يسلم عليه في كتابه، فقيل له: أتسلم عليه وهو كافر؟ قال:"إنه كتب إلي فسلم عليّ، فرددت عليه".
English Translation
Abu Uthman al-Nahdi said: Abu Musa wrote to a monk, greeting him in his letter. He was asked: 'Do you greet him when he is a disbeliever?' He said: 'He wrote to me and greeted me, so I returned his greeting.'