Answer Of Salam During Salah
Ghamidi Sahab writes under Etiquette of Prayer : “ The prayer is worshipping God and earnestly presenting one’s supplications before Him. So where the Quran directed Muslims to safeguard the prayer, it has said: وَ قُوْمُوا لِِلّهِِ قَانِتِيْنْ ( and stand before the Almighty with great respect , ( 2:238 )). Following are the directives of the Prophet (sws) that explain this verse of the Quran: 1 . Conversation should be avoided during the prayer. He has said: “ The prayer is only glorifying the Almighty and declaring His sovereignty and reciting the Quran and no one is allowed to converse in any way during it [1] .” Zayd ibn Arqam says: “ Previously we used to converse with one another during the prayer, but after the revelation of وَ قُوْمُوا لِلهِ قَانِتِيْنْ , we were stopped from it and we were told to pray in silence . [2] ” Ibn Masud (rta) narrates: “ When we used to say the salam to the Prophet (sws) in the prayer, he would reply; however, when we returned from the land of king Negus he did not reply to our salam. We inquired: ‘O Prophet of God! You used to respond to the salam.’ He replied: ‘One can only have a single involvement in the prayer [3] .’”… (Excerpt from English Rendering of Meezan) __ [1]. Muslim, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, 218-219, (no. 1199). [2]. Al-Bukhari, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, 191, (no.1200); Muslim, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, 219, (nos. 1203, 1204). [3]. Al-Bukhari, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, 651, (no. 3875); Muslim, Al-Jami‘ al-sahih, 219, (no. 1201)