One should not return greetings during the Salāt (prayer).
Darussalam · Volume 2
21 - THE BOOK OF DEALING WITH ACTIONS IN AS-SĀLĀT (THE PRAYER) (which are irrelevant to the Ṣalāt).Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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1216. Narrated 'Abdullāh رضي الله عنه: I used to greet the Prophet ﷺ while he was in As-Salāt (the prayer) and he would return my greeting, but when we returned (from Ethiopia) I greeted the Prophet ﷺ (while he was offering Ṣalāt) but he did not return the greeting, and (after finishing the Ṣalāt) he said, "In Aṣ-Ṣalāt one is occupied (with a more serious matter)." (See H. No. 1199).
1216 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُسَلِّمُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ فِي الصَّلاَةِ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيَّ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعْنَا سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّ فِي الصَّلاَةِ لَشُغْلًا»
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