The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 2177 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2ـ وَبِهَذَا الإسْنَادِ قَالَ مَنْ بَدَأَ بِالْكَلامِ قَبْلَ السَّلامِ فَلا تُجِيبُوهُ وَقَالَ ابْدَءُوا بِالسَّلامِ قَبْلَ الْكَلامِ فَمَنْ بَدَأَ بِالْكَلامِ قَبْلَ السَّلامِ فَلا تُجِيبُوهُ.

2. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from Abu ‘Abdillah who has said the following: “If one begins speaking before offering the greeting of peace, do not speak to him.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).