The second: to say to his right, “Peace and Allah’s mercy be upon you,” and to his left, “Peace be upon you.”

The third: the same as the preceding form, except that he also adds, “and Allah’s mercy,” in the second taslim.

The fourth: the same as the preceding form, except that he adds, “and His blessings,” to the first taslim.

All of these are established in hadiths. I have cited their sources in The Prophet’s Prayer Described, so whoever wishes may refer to it.

317 — “When you return to your home, instruct them to feed their young livestock well. Instruct them, too, to trim their nails and not to injure the udders of their livestock with them when they milk.”

Imam Ahmad narrated it (3/484): Abu al-Nadr narrated to us; al-Marja ibn Raja al-Yashkuri narrated to us, saying: Salm ibn Abd al-Rahman narrated to me; he said: I heard Suwadah ibn al-Rabi say:

“I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and asked him. He ordered that a small herd of camels be given to me, and then said to me,” and he mentioned the hadith.

This is a good chain of transmission. Abu al-Nadr was Hashim ibn al-Qasim, trustworthy and precise. Al-Marja and Salm ibn Abd al-Rahman were both truthful, as stated in al-Taqrib. There is some criticism concerning al-Marja, but it is not harmful, Allah willing. For this reason, al-Haythami deemed it strong, saying (8/196): “Ahmad narrated it, and its chain of transmission is good.”

318 — “There is to be no uncertainty in the prayer, nor in the taslim.”

It was narrated by Abu Dawud (928) and al-Hakim (1/264), both through Imam Ahmad. It is also in al-Musnad (2/461), and by al-Tahawi in Mushkil al-Athar (2/229), from