Ruling 1091

After completing tashahhudof the last rakʿah of the prayer, it is recommended that while one is sitting and his body is still, he should say:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ أَيُّــهَا النَّبِيُّ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَـرَکَاتُهُ

assalāmu ʿalayka ayyuhan nabiyyu wa raḥmatul lāhi wa barakātuh

Peace be upon you O Prophet, and Allah’s mercy and His blessings (be upon you too).

And after that, he must say:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكُمْ

assalāmu ʿalaykum

Peace be upon you

And the recommended precaution is that [after saying assalāmu ʿalaykum,] one adds the sentence:

وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَـرَکَاتُهُ

wa raḥmatul lāhi wa barakātuh

And Allah’s mercy and His blessings (be upon you too).

Or [i.e. instead of saying assalāmu ʿalaykum], one must say:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْنَا وَعَلَىٰ عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِیْنَ

assalāmu ʿalaynā wa ʿalā ʿibādil lāhiṣ ṣāliḥīn

Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah.

However, if he says this, then the obligatory precaution is that he must also say after it:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكُمْ

assalāmu ʿalaykum

Peace be upon you.