What is source of this Hadith?
‘The best of you are those who feed others and return greetings”
Answer:
This Hadith is recorded in Musnad Ahmad.
(Musnad Ahmad, vol.6 pg.16)
The following sources have a shorter version of this Hadith:
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 26816, Mustadrak Hakim, vol.4 pg.278 and Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 8565.
The Hadith is reliable. See footnotes of Shaykh ‘Awwamah (hafizhahullah) on Ibn Abi Shaybah, Hadith: 26816.
A similar Hadith appears in Sahih Bukhari, with slightly different words.
(Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 12)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar