On the authority of Abu Hurairah - may Allaah be pleased with him - on the authority of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم who said:
"The young is to give the greetings of salaam upon the old, and the passerby upon the one sitting, and the few (people) upon the many (people)." - Bukhari
Sheikh Al-Ethiopi (may Allaah preserve him) explained this hadeeth by saying:
"This is from the Islamic mannerisms of the order in which one gives salaam, and that is:
The young is to give salaam upon the old out of respect for them, and likewise the passerby upon the one sitting, and the few upon the many; this is from the mannerisms of giving salaam, and it is not given the opposite way, yes."
- https://www.aletioupi.com/maktouba_detail.php?idmak=47&type=fawaid
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