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When the people of the Book greet you, reply by saying:

وَعَلَيْكُمْ

Pronunciation

Wa 'alaykum

Meaning

And upon you

Source: Bukhari: 6258

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حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ إِذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ ‏" ‏‏.‏

Narrated Anas bin Malik: the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the people of the Scripture greet you, then you should say (in reply), 'Wa'alaikum (And on you).' " [Bukhari: 6258]

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Duas from IslamicAPI's Masnun Dua dataset (based on the Quran, hadith, Hisnul Muslim and Rahe Belayat). See the dataset