سنن ابن ماجه
Ibn Majah
كتاب إقامة الصلاة والسنةEstablishing the Prayer and the Sunnah Regarding Them
بَابُ : الْمُصَلِّي يُسَلَّمُ عَلَيْهِ كَيْفَ يَرُدُّChapter: If the greeting is given to a person who is performing Prayer, how should he respond?
Hadith 1019
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، قَالَ : " كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ فَقِيلَ لَنَا : إِنَّ فِي الصَّلَاةِ لَشُغْلًا " .
´It was narrated that ‘Abdullah said:` “We would greet others during the prayer, and it was said to us: ‘During the prayer one is preoccupied.’”
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefit:
When conversation during prayer was permitted, greeting with salam was also allowed. Later, the ruling was given that no one should greet another person with salam while he is engaged in prayer. Being occupied with prayer is sufficient for him; he should remain fully attentive and engaged in supplications (ad‘iyah) and remembrances (adhkar). However, from previous ahadith it is understood that the one praying cannot initiate salam to anyone. Nevertheless, he may be greeted with salam by someone else. He cannot respond to the salam verbally. However, he may reply by gesture.
When conversation during prayer was permitted, greeting with salam was also allowed. Later, the ruling was given that no one should greet another person with salam while he is engaged in prayer. Being occupied with prayer is sufficient for him; he should remain fully attentive and engaged in supplications (ad‘iyah) and remembrances (adhkar). However, from previous ahadith it is understood that the one praying cannot initiate salam to anyone. Nevertheless, he may be greeted with salam by someone else. He cannot respond to the salam verbally. However, he may reply by gesture.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1019
