s on the actions permitted in prayer -- Chapter: Returning the greeting by gesture

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand. When I returned, I found him in prayer. I greeted him with salam and he gestured towards me. Then, when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished, he called me and said: "You greeted me with salam just now while I was praying (that is why I did not reply)." At that time he was facing towards the east.

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand while he was going to Banu al-Mustaliq. When I came back (from the errand), I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) praying on his camel. I wanted to speak to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured with his hand. The narrator says: Zuhayr gestured with his hand to show it. I spoke again, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) gestured to me like this, and Zuhayr likewise gestured with his hand towards the ground. Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I could hear him: he (peace and blessings be upon him) was reciting and gesturing with his head. When he had finished, he said: "What did you do about the task I sent you for? Nothing prevented me from speaking to you except that I was in prayer." Zuhayr said: Abu al-Zubayr, who was sitting with him facing the qiblah, pointed with his hand towards Banu al-Mustaliq, that is, he pointed with his hand towards a direction other than the qiblah.

(a) Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me on an errand. I came to him (after finishing it) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. I greeted him with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned my greeting with a gesture. In the wording of the hadith of Sufyan and others: "He did not reply to me."
(b) By "He did not reply to me" is meant that he did not reply by speaking, but replied with a gesture. Wa billahi al-tawfiq (And success comes only from Allah).

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent him on an errand of his. When he came back, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. He greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not reply to the greeting but gestured with his hand. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had given the salam ending the prayer, he said: "I would certainly have replied to your greeting, but I was in prayer."

Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. I passed by him (peace and blessings be upon him) and greeted him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam. He (peace and blessings be upon him) replied with a gesture. Layth said: I think he said: He gestured with his finger.
It has been narrated about this incident through a chain containing irsal (a break) that he gestured with his hand, without any doubt.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to the mosque of Banu Amr bin Awf at Quba' to pray there. Men of the Ansar came to him and greeted him with salam. I asked Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him): "How did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reply to their greeting while in prayer?" Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "He used to gesture towards them with his hand." Sufyan said: I said to a man: "Ask him: Did you hear this from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)?" So he said: "O Abu Usamah! Did you hear this from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both)?" He said: "Indeed, I have spoken with him and he has spoken with me," and Zayd did not say: I heard it from him.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to Quba'. People of the Ansar came and began greeting him with salam while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was praying. As they were greeting him, Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: O Bilal! How did you see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reply to the greeting? He said: Like this, and he gestured with his whole hand to show that he was gesturing in this way.

(a) Nafi' narrates: I heard Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went to Quba'. The Ansar learned of his (peace and blessings be upon him) coming, so they came and began greeting him (peace and blessings be upon him) with salam (while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in prayer). He says: I asked Sayyiduna Bilal or Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with them both): How did you see the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) reply to the greeting in prayer? He said: He used to gesture with his hand.
Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi said: Both hadiths are sahih (authentic) in my view, and Ibn Umar narrated it from both Bilal and Suhayb.

Nafi' narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he greeted a man with salam while the man was praying. The man replied to the greeting in words, so he said: "When one of you greets his Muslim brother while he is praying, he (the one praying) should not speak, but should gesture with his hand."

Ata narrates that Musa bin Abdullah bin Jamil al-Jumahi greeted Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) with salam while he was praying, and he took hold of his hand.