Easy question about Salat

alf2

Islam is a way of life
Assalamu alaykum wa ramatullahi wa barakatu,

Why do we say salams at the end of salah?
I sound stupid now. :girl3:
 

Idris16

Junior Member
Wa alaykum salam warahmatullah wabarakatuh

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

If it is asked: upon whom are salaams being sent?

The answer is that they said: If there is a group of others with him, then the salaam is upon them; if there is no group with him, then the salaam is upon the angels who are on his right and his left, so he says: As-salaamu ‘alaykum wa rahmat-Allah. End quote.

Ash-Sharh al-Mumti‘, 3/208

To sum up:

When saying the salaam at the end of the prayer, the worshipper intends three things:

- To exit the prayer

- To send salaams upon the recording angels

- To send salaams upon his fellow-worshippers.


If he is praying alone, then he intends when saying the salaam to exit the prayer and send salaams upon the recording angels.

And Allah knows best.

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alf2

Islam is a way of life
Jazakallah khair Idris!
I believed it was due to saying salaams to the Angels (when praying alone). But then someone said it was saying salaams to the Jinn. I was confused.
 
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