Hadith 924

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمٌ ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ ، وَنَأْمُرُ بِحَاجَتِنَا ، فَقَدِمْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ ، فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَدُمَ وَمَا حَدُثَ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الصَّلَاةَ ، قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ جَلَّ وَعَزَّ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ لَا تَكَلَّمُوا فِي الصَّلَاةِ " . فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ السَّلَامَ .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Masud: We used to salute during prayer and talk about our needs. I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and found him praying. I saluted him, but he did not respond to me. I recalled what happened to me in the past and in the present. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he said to me: Allah, the Almighty, creates new command as He wishes, and Allah, the Exalted, has sent a fresh command that you must not talk during prayer. He then returned my salutation.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / أبواب تفريع استفتاح الصلاة / 924
Hadith Grading الألبانی: حسن صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (989), أخرجه النسائي (1222 وسنده حسن)
Hadith Takhrij « ن / الکبری/ السہو 113 (559)، (تحفة الأشراف: 9272)، وقد أخرجہ: مسند احمد (1/377)، 435، 463) (حسن صحیح) »
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
924. Commentary:
Replying to the greeting (salam) verbally had been abrogated, but replying by gesture is permissible and Sunnah, as will be mentioned in the following ahadith.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 924
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
1221. Commentary: This hadith is narrated from Imam Sufyan al-Thawri rahimahullah by his two students, Ibn Abi Ghaniyyah (Yahya ibn Abd al-Malik) and Qasim ibn Yazid. However, the wording of this hadith is that of Qasim ibn Yazid, while Ibn Ghaniyyah narrates this hadith by meaning (not verbatim).
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 1221