#1887 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi
Talha that at-Tufayl ibn Ubayy ibn Kab told him that he visited
Abdullah ibn Umar one morning and went out with him to the market, and
when they were out, Abdullah ibn Umar did not pass by anyone selling
poor merchandise or selling commodities or a needy person or anyone
but that he greeted them.


At-Tufayl said, "I came to Abdullah
ibn Umar one day and he asked me to follow him to the market. I said
to him, 'What will you do in the market if you will not stop to sell
nor seek any goods or barter with them or sit in any of the assemblies
or market?' Abdullah ibn Umar said that we should sit down and talk,
and then he explained, 'Abu Batni, (lit. father of the belly, at-
Tufayl had a prominent stomach), we go out in the morning only for the
sake of the greeting. We greet whomever we meet.' "