Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 12
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْخَيْرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَىُّ الإِسْلاَمِ خَيْرٌ قَالَ " تُطْعِمُ الطَّعَامَ، وَتَقْرَأُ السَّلاَمَ عَلَى مَنْ عَرَفْتَ وَمَنْ لَمْ تَعْرِفْ ".
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Amr ibn Khalid narrated to us. He said: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Yazid, from Abu al-Khayr, from Abdullah ibn Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both): A man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), ‘Which Islam is best?’ He replied: ‘That you feed people and offer the greeting of peace to those you know and those you do not know.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness adds ‘the poor’ as the recipients of food and includes a cross-reference; neither appears in this Arabic passage.