The Salaams are Before the Question...

As salaamou alikum, This is something I didn't now i do.. The Salaams are Before the Question...   Thursday, 12 March 2009 On the authority of Ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him), the Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said: "The salaams are before the question, so if someone begins talking to you asking a question before giving salaams, then do no answer him." Collected by Ibn an-Najjaar.  As-Suyootee listed it is al-Jaami' as-Sagheer.  Al-Albaanee said "hasan" in Saheeh al-Jaami' (#3699). al-Munaawee (d.1031) said in explanation of the hadeeth "as-Salaam qablul-Kalaam" (the hadeeth before it in al-Jaami as-Sagheer):   "...due to the great benefits found in the salaams that have been mentioned, it is incumbent that it is the first thing a person hears, and the first thing someone being addressed verbally or in writing comes across.  It will reach a person's soul and settle into it in a great way, thus being the most effective way of conveying one's intended message with his verbal or written address.  Thus, it has been legislated for the when people come together, when they write to each other, and other related times, like when they part from each other..." Faydh al-Qadeer (4/150)   And Allaah knows best. Translated by: Moosaa Richardson     As salaamou alikum waRahmatuallahi waBarakatu.....Freedom is Islam, so take hold of the Rope of Allaah(azz wal Jal) never let go. UmmismailsAmiraasawda Ummismails Women only Forum O Allaah! I ask You for guidance, piety, safety and well-being, and contentment and sufficiency."  (Allaahummaa innee as'alukal-hudaa wat-tuqaa wal-`afaafa wal-ghinaa).  [Related by Muslim, no 2721]