The best of people are those of my era,
then those after, then those after them
[Bukhari, Muslim]
Greeting a non-Muslim
Greeting a non-Muslim
One should not initiate a greeting to a non-Muslim, but if they initiate the greeting, one should respond with only "Walaykum" (وعلیکم). (Jami'-ul-Fatawa, Volume: 2, Page: 347).