Volume 8 · Book 74 · Hadith 261
Narrated Anas: Whenever Allah's Apostle greeted somebody, he used to greet him three times, and if he spoke a sentence, he used to repeat it thrice.
— Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 74: Asking Permission, Hadith #261
Sahih Bukhari — Volume 8, Book 74, Hadith 261
Narrated Anas: Whenever Allah's Apostle greeted somebody, he used to greet him three times, and if he spoke a sentence, he used to repeat it thrice.
This hadith is from the book of Asking Permission in Sahih Bukhari, compiled by Imam al-Bukhari. It is hadith number 261 in book 74 of volume 8.
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