The ruling on turning one's head during the closing salam and its description
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Question:
Turning one's head during the closing salam?
Answer:
It is a recommended practice (sunnah). If one says the salam without turning, it is sufficient.
Q: Some people say: he says the salam to the person in front of him, then says: "And upon you be the mercy of Allah..."?
A: No, the sunnah is to turn for the entire salam. The sunnah is to turn for it: the salam to his right, and to his left. This is what is established in the authentic hadiths.
Q: Is the turning in the salam slight, or is it...?
A: Until his cheek is seen, as Sa'd said: he turns until his cheek is seen from behind him. Like this, meaning: he exaggerates in the salam.
Turning one's head during the closing salam?
Answer:
It is a recommended practice (sunnah). If one says the salam without turning, it is sufficient.
Q: Some people say: he says the salam to the person in front of him, then says: "And upon you be the mercy of Allah..."?
A: No, the sunnah is to turn for the entire salam. The sunnah is to turn for it: the salam to his right, and to his left. This is what is established in the authentic hadiths.
Q: Is the turning in the salam slight, or is it...?
A: Until his cheek is seen, as Sa'd said: he turns until his cheek is seen from behind him. Like this, meaning: he exaggerates in the salam.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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