Those who used to give two salams in prayer

Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to give the salam to his right and also to his left, until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen.

Sayyiduna Wa'il al-Hadrami (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I prayed with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He would say the takbir when rising and when going down, he would raise his hands at the takbir, and he would give the salam to the right and to the left. Shu'bah said: Aban bin Taghlib told me that the hadith also contains: "until the whiteness of the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could be seen." I said to Amr: "The hadith also contains: until the whiteness of the blessed face of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) could be seen." He said: "Or some similar wording."

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would give the salam to the right until the whiteness of his blessed cheek could be seen, and he would say 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah); and he would give the salam to the left in the same way.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would give the salam in the prayer to the right and to the left until the whiteness of his blessed face could be seen, and on both sides he would say 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah).

Sayyiduna al-Bara' (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would give the salam to the right and to the left, saying 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), until the whiteness of his blessed cheek could be seen.

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyiduna Abu Bakr and Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to give the salam to the right and to the left.

Sayyiduna Wa'il bin Hujr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I prayed behind the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). When he recited Surah al-Fatihah, he said Amin aloud, and at the end of the prayer he gave the salam to the right and to the left, until the whiteness of his blessed cheek could be seen.

Al-Hasan bin Amr said: Giving the salam was mentioned in the presence of Shaqiq, and he said: I have prayed behind Sayyiduna Umar and Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both), and both of them, when giving the salam, used to say: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Harithah bin Mudarrib said: I prayed behind Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him). He gave the salam to his right and to his left, saying: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah).

Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Even now that scene is before me, as if I am looking at the whiteness of the blessed cheek of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) as he gave the salam, saying with his tongue: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Shaqiq bin Salamah said: I prayed behind Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He gave the salam to the right and to the left, saying: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Abu Razin said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the salam in the prayer to the right and to the left, and the salam to the left was in a somewhat lower voice.

Ibrahim bin Suwayd said: Alqamah would give the salam to the right, saying 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), and then give the salam to the left, saying 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'. And al-Aswad, when giving the salam to the right, would say: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh' (Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings), and when giving the salam to the left he would say: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh'.

Khaythamah, while giving the salam, said: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Mansur said: Ibrahim, while giving the salam, said: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Abd al-A'la said: Abu Abd al-Rahman, while giving the salam to the right, said: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), and while giving the salam to the left, said: 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah'.

Yazid bin Abi Ziyad said: Ibrahim gave the salam to the right and said 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah' (Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah), saying it aloud; then he gave the salam to the left and said 'As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah', in a lower voice than the first.

Al-Sha'bi said: Sa'id and Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the salam on both sides.

Muhammad bin al-Muntashir said: The imam of Masruq's mosque used to give the salam twice. We mentioned this to Masruq, and he said: It was I who told him to do so.

Al-Hakam said: Ibn Abi Layla would give the salam to the right and to the left, saying 'As-salamu alaykum' (Peace be upon you), 'As-salamu alaykum'.

Abu Ma'mar said: Someone said to Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him): A man from Makkah gives the salam twice. Sayyiduna Abdullah replied: Where did he acquire this sunnah?!

Thabit bin Yazid said: Amr bin Maymun used to give the salam twice.

Ibn Jurayj said: Ata used to give the salam twice.