سنن نسائي
Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب السهو
The Book of Forgetfulness (In Prayer)
بَابُ : رَدِّ السَّلاَمِ بِالإِشَارَةِ فِي الصَّلاَةِ
Chapter: Returning the salams with a gesture when praying
Hadith 1190
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ , قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ , عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ , عَنْ جَابِرٍ , قَالَ : بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِحَاجَةٍ ثُمَّ " أَدْرَكْتُهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي , فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَشَارَ إِلَيَّ , فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ دَعَانِي , فَقَالَ : إِنَّكَ سَلَّمْتَ عَلَيَّ آنِفًا وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي , وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ مُوَجَّهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ إِلَى الْمَشْرِقِ " .
´It was narrated that Jabir said:` "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent me on an errand then I came back to him while he was praying. I greeted him with the salam and he gestured to me. When he finished he called me and said: 'You greeted me with Salam just now and I was praying.' And he was facing toward the east that day."
