1.         The one who says Salam first is free from pride, as the Beloved Rasool  صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘The one who says Salam first, is free from pride.’ (Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 6, pp. 433)

2.         Ninety mercies descend upon the one who says Salam first and ten mercies descend upon the one who replies. (Kimiya-e-Sa’adat)

3.         One receives 10 virtues for saying ﴿اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْـكُمْ﴾, 20 virtues if ﴿وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ﴾ is added and 30 if ﴿وَ بَرَكَاتُهٗ﴾ is also added.

4.         Similarly, one can receive 30 virtues by replying with ﴿وَ عَلَيْـكُمُ السَّلَامُ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ وَ بَرَكَاتُهٗ﴾.

5.         It is Wajib [obligatory] to immediately reply to a Salam in a voice audible to the one who said the Salam.

6.         Learn the correct pronunciation of Salam and the reply of Salam. First, I will say it; then you repeat after me ﴿اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْـكُمْ﴾ كُمْ﴾–عَلَے–مُ–سَلَا–﴿اَسْ, now I will say the reply and you repeat it after me, ﴿وَ عَلَيْـكُمُ السَّلَام﴾ سَلَام﴾–مُسْ–لَیْكُ–عَ–﴿وَ.

To learn various Sunan, obtain the following books, Bahar-e-Shari’ah part 16 comprising of 312 pages and Sunnatayn aur Adaab, comprising of 120   pages, both published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah, the publishing department of Dawat-e-Islami. One of the best ways to learn Sunan is to travel in the Madani Qafilahs of Dawat-e-Islami with the lovers of the Beloved Rasool.

عاشقانِ رسول، آئیں سنّت کے پھول

دینے لینے چلیں، قافلے میں چلو

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