How a person praying responds to someone who greets him during his prayer
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. This is a letter from Riyadh; she has coded her name with the letters M, D, and Z. She sent a number of questions, saying in the first one: What is the method of responding to the salam during prayer? And if I do not respond to the salam while I am praying, am I sinful?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to respond to the salam during prayer with a gesture. It is permissible to greet the person praying, and he responds with a gesture of his hand. As for speech, the person praying does not respond to the salam with speech; rather, he responds with a gesture only. Yes.
The questioner:
How does he gesture with his hand, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
He raises his hand or moves his hand.
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. This is a letter from Riyadh; she has coded her name with the letters M, D, and Z. She sent a number of questions, saying in the first one: What is the method of responding to the salam during prayer? And if I do not respond to the salam while I am praying, am I sinful?
The Shaykh:
It is permissible to respond to the salam during prayer with a gesture. It is permissible to greet the person praying, and he responds with a gesture of his hand. As for speech, the person praying does not respond to the salam with speech; rather, he responds with a gesture only. Yes.
The questioner:
How does he gesture with his hand, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
He raises his hand or moves his hand.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5494- كيفية رد المصلي على من ألقى عليه السلام حال صلاته - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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