How is the salam returned if a person greets a group who are praying?
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Question:
May Allah forgive you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person greets people who are praying in congregation, how do they return the greeting to him by gesture?
Answer:
Returning the salam to the congregation is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If a person greets a group and some of them return the greeting to him, that is sufficient. Returning the salam from the group is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). The return by gesture, the return from the one praying by gesture with his hand, he gestures to him with his hand.
May Allah forgive you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person greets people who are praying in congregation, how do they return the greeting to him by gesture?
Answer:
Returning the salam to the congregation is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). If a person greets a group and some of them return the greeting to him, that is sufficient. Returning the salam from the group is a collective obligation (fard kifayah). The return by gesture, the return from the one praying by gesture with his hand, he gestures to him with his hand.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، كيف يكون رد السلام إذا سلم شخص على جماعة يصلون؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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