أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ کُنَّا نُسَلِّمُ عَلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَيَرُدُّ عَلَيْنَا السَّلَامَ حَتَّی قَدِمْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ فَأَخَذَنِي مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ فَجَلَسْتُ حَتَّی إِذَا قَضَی الصَّلَاةَ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُحْدِثُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ مَا يَشَائُ وَإِنَّهُ قَدْ أَحْدَثَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ أَنْ لَا يُتَکَلَّمَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 1226
It was narrated that Ibn Ma’sud said: “We used to greet the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم with Salam and he would return our Salam, until we came back from the land of Ethiopia. I greeted him with Salam and he did not return my greeting, and I started to wonder why. So I sat down; when he finished praying, he said: ‘Allah decrees what He wills, and He has decreed that we should not speak during the prayer.” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020