What is the ruling on responding to the salam with the phrase "Alaykum al-salam wa al-rahmah"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on some people saying, when responding to the salam, "Alaykum al-salam wa al-rahmah" without adding "of Allah" to the mercy?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it if the mercy is connected with the article "al" in place of the thing to which it is added. That is, the original phrase is "wa rahmat Allah," and saying "wa al-rahmah" means "the mercy of Allah." Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: What is the ruling on some people saying, when responding to the salam, "Alaykum al-salam wa al-rahmah" without adding "of Allah" to the mercy?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it if the mercy is connected with the article "al" in place of the thing to which it is added. That is, the original phrase is "wa rahmat Allah," and saying "wa al-rahmah" means "the mercy of Allah." Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1509] ما حكم رد السلام بلفظ "عليكم السلام والرحمة"؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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