السلام عليكم

tonight as I sat at the مسجد waiting for الصلاة مغرب, I had a few moments, with the brothers, and with myself. I overheard a hooded brother, a respected fellow with a voice that filled the room. He says, السلام عليكم، he says, say it slow. He says that saying it slow says, "I wish to spend no more than 45 seconds with you in your presence. If you say it fast, it turns people off." He says not to rush the سلام, he says too many brothers rush each other into سلام, and it turns them off. He's not wrong, on either count. I should have given him سلام.

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