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Imam Hussein (a.s) - the third leader of Islam after the Prophet Muhammad- said:

Salaam (salutation) has 70 rewards, 69 parts of which are for one who salutes and one part of which is for one who returns the salutation.

Brief description:
Among the salutations of various nations, `salaam', the Islamic salutation and greeting, has a special luminosity, because it indicates both welcoming and peace, pleasure and friendship, and also wish for peace from god for the other party. For this reason, salutation of the people of paradise is salaam, and angels of mercy receive the virtuous and good-doers with salaam. But unfortunately, some Moslems refuse this Islamic rule supposing that not saluting shows their high dignity and saluting reduces their rank and make themselves deprived from the great virtue mentioned in above tradition.

tohafol oghoul, page 177

قال سید الشهداء، حسین ابن علی علیه السلام


لِلسَّلامِ سَبْعُونَ حَسَنةٌ تِسْعٌ وَ سِتُّونَ لِلْمُبْتَدى وَ واحِدَةٌ لِلْرّادِّ


برای سلام کردن هفتاد حسنه است، شصت و نه تای آن برای کسی که ابتدا سلام میکند، و یک حسنه برای آن کس که پاسخ میدهد

تحف العقول صفحه 177