Conditions of Responding Salām
Issue No.1021- It is obligatory to reply to a Salām in a way that one who greeted him can hear it. However, if he who says Salām is deaf or he is in a place where there is a lot of noise it would suffice if the greeted person replies in the usual way, and as a recommended precaution, he should also reply to his Salām by indication.
