Is adding "wa barakatuh" after "Al-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah" when concluding the prayer an innovation (bid‘ah)? And what is the Sunnah of the Prophet regarding this?
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The form of Taslim (salutation) that was narrated from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh" to the right, and "As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah" to the left, as stated in Sunan Abi Dawud from Wa'il ibn Hujr, and authenticated by Al-Albani. This is a sound addition from a just narrator, and a group of scholars have affirmed it.
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