English translation
831. Narrated Ṣhaqīq bin Salama: 'Abdullāh (bin Mas'ūd) said, "Whenever we offered Ṣalāt (prayer) behind the Prophet ﷺ, we used to recite (in sitting) As-Salām (peace) be on Jibrīl (Gabriel), Mikā'il (Michael), peace be on so-and-so. Once Allāh's Messenger ﷺ [after finishing the Ṣalāt (prayer)] looked back at us and said, "Allāh تعالى Himself is As-Salām (Peace), and if anyone of you prays then he should say: At-tahyātu lillāhi waṣṣalawātu waṭ-taiyibātu. As-Salāmu 'alaika aiyuhan-Nabīyyu wa raḥmatul-lāhi wa barakātuhu. As-Salāmu 'alainā wa 'alā ibādil-lāh is-sāliḥin. (All the compliments, prayers and good things are due to Allāh تعالى, peace be on you, O Prophet and Allāh's Mercy and Blessings be on you. Peace be on us and on the true pious slaves of Allāh). If you say that, it will be for all the slaves in the heaven and the earth. Ash-hadu an lā-ilāha illallāhu wa ash-hadu anna Muḥammadan 'abduhu wa Rasūluhu. (I testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh and I also testify that Muḥammad is His slave and His Messenger)."
