Respond politely even if someone has ill wishes towards you.

This hadith teaches us how to respond when we are greeted by the Jews. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ instructed us that if they greet us with ‘As-Samu ‘alaikum’, which means ‘death be on you’, then we should reply with ‘Wa’alaikum’, which means ‘and on you’. This shows that even though they may not have good intentions in their greeting, we should still be polite and courteous in our response. We should not stoop down to their level and instead show them kindness and respect despite their ill wishes towards us.