أَخْبَرَنَا
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
عَاصِمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي وَائِلٍ ، عَنِ
ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ، قَالَ : كُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا السَّلَامَ , حَتَّى قَدِمْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ , فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّى إِذَا قَضَى الصَّلَاةَ , قَالَ : " إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَاءُ , وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ لَا يُتَكَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ " .
´It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ud said:` "We used to greet the Prophet (ﷺ) with salam and he would return our salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with salam and he did not return my greeting,a nd I started to wonder why. So I sat down; and when he finished praying, he said: 'Allah (SWT) decrees what He wills, and He has decreed what we should not speak during the prayer.'"
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Explanation & Benefits
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
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