Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:879 حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْأَسْفَاطِيُّ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَخِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عَتِيقٍ عَنْ نَافِعٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ الْأَغَرَّ وَهُوَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ مُزَيْنَةَ كَانَتْ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَوْسُقٌ مِنْ تَمْرٍ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ بَنِي عَمْرِو بْنِ عَوْفٍ فَاخْتَلَفَ إِلَيْهِ مِرَارًا قَالَ «فَجِئْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَأَرْسَلَ مَعِي أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ ؓ» قَالَ وَكُلُّ مَنْ لَقِينَا سَلَّمُوا عَلَيْنَا فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ؓ أَلَا أَرَى النَّاسَ يَبْدَأُونَكَ بِالسَّلَامِ فَيَكُونَ لَهُمُ الْأَجْرُ فَابْدَأْهُمْ بِالسَّلَامِ يَكُنْ لَكَ الْأَجْرُ
English Translation
Ibn 'Umar narrated that al-Agharr — a man from Muzaynah who was a companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) — had some measures of dates owed to him by a man from Banu 'Amr ibn 'Awf. He went to him repeatedly. He said: "I came to the Prophet (peace be upon him), and he sent Abu Bakr al-Siddiq with me." Everyone we met greeted us. Abu Bakr said: "Do you not see that the people greet you first and thus earn the reward? You should greet them first so you earn the reward."