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368. Ibn 'Umar narrated: "I said to Bilāl: 'How did the Prophet ﷺ reply to them when they gave him Salāms and he was performing Ṣalāt?' He said: 'He would motion with his hand.'" (Hasan)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih and the (previous) Hadīth of Suhaib is Hasan, we do not know of it except as a narration of Al-Laith, from Bukair.
And it has been related from Zaid bin Aslam, from Ibn 'Umar, that he said: "I said to Bilāl: 'What would the Prophet ﷺ do when they would greet him with Salām in Masjid Banū 'Amr bin 'Awf?' He said: 'He would reply by indicating (with his hand).'"
And both of the narrations are correct in my view, because the
story with the Ḥadīth of Suhaib is not the same story as that in the Ḥadīth of Bilāl, and even though Ibn 'Umar reported it from both of them, it implies that he heard it from both of them.
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Commentary
As both Aḥādīth are authentic, the salutation should be answered with a gesture of the finger or of the hand; both are allowed.
