بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
1. Saying As-salāmu alaikum turning to the right slightly
… كان يُسلِّمُ تَسْليمةً واحدةً: السلامُ عليكم
From Ā’isha who narrated:…” He would say one Taslīm (salutation): As-salāmu ‘alaykum…”.
(Irwā al-Ghalīl of Al-Albānī 327. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī. Sahīh upon the conditions of Muslim by Shu’ayb al-Arnaūt in Zad al-Ma’ād 1/251)
كانَ يُسلِّمُ في الصَّلاةِ تَسليمةً واحدةً تِلقاءَ وجهِهِ ، ثمَّ يميلُ إلى الشِّقِّ الأيمنِ شيئًا
From Ā’isha who narrated:”Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) would say one Taslīm for the prayer while facing forward and turning to his right side a little.”
(At-Tirmidhī 296. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī and Ahmad Shākir. )
أنَّ رسولَ اللَّهِ سلَّمَ تَسليمَةً واحدةً تلقاءَ وجهِهِ
Sahl bin Sa’d As-Sa’idi narrated : “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) said one Taslīm to the front.”
(Ibn Mājah 918. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
2. Saying As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh to the right & As-salāmu ‘alaikum to the left
قلتُ لابنِ عمرَ : أخبِرني عن صلاةِ رسولِ اللَّهِ صلَّى اللَّهُ عليْهِ وسلَّمَ كيفَ كانت ؟ قالَ : فذَكرَ التَّكبيرَ – قالَ : – يعني – وذَكرَ السَّلامُ عليكُم ورحمةُ اللَّهِ عن يمينِهِ السَّلامُ عليكم عن يسارِه
Wāsi’ bin Habbān narrated: “I said to Ibn ‘Umar: “Tell me about the prayer of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ); how was it?” He mentioned the takbīr and he mentioned: As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh to his right and: As-salāmu ‘alaikum to his left.”
(An-Nasā’i 1321. Declared Hasan Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
3. Saying As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh to the right and the left
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يسلم عن يمينه وعن يساره حتى يرى بياض خده السلام عليكم ورحمة الله السلام عليكم ورحمة الله
Ammār ibn Yāsir narrated: “The Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) used to say the Salam (salutation) to his right and to his left, until the whiteness of his cheek could be seen (saying): ‘As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh, As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh.'”
(Ibn Mājah 916. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
4. Saying As-salāmu alaikum wa rahmatullāh wa barakātuh to the right and As-salāmu alaikum wa rahmatullāh to the left
صليت مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فكان يسلم عن يمينه: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، وعن شماله: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله
Narrated by Wā’il ibn Hujr: I prayed with the prophet (ﷺ) and he would give the Taslīm (salutation) to his right side saying: “As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh wa barakātuh”, and to his left side saying: “As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh”.
(Abū Dawūd 997. Declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī)
5. Saying As-salāmu alaikum wa rahmatullāh wa barakātuh to the right and the left
و عن وائل بن حجر رضي الله عنه قال : صليت مع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، فكان يسلم عن يمينه: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته، وعن شماله: السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Narrated by Wā’il ibn Hujr: I prayed with the prophet (ﷺ) and he would give the Taslīm (salutation) to his right side saying: “As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh wa barakātuh “, and to his left side saying: “As-salāmu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullāh wa barakātuh”
(Bulūgh al-Marām 252 of Ibn Hajr who declared it Sahīh. Ibn Khuzaymah 716/1 and Majmu of An-Nawawī 3/479 from the narration of Ibn Mas’ūd)
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