What's better? As salamu alaykum or As salamu alayka {ki}

What's better? As salamu alaykum or As salamu alayka {ki}

 

Question: Some people say greeting with As salamu alaykum is better than greeting with As salamu alayki (for a woman) or As salamu alayka (for a man)? and also people say that if someone greets with As salamu alaykum, then the angels also reply to the person's salam (greeting)? 

 

Answer: Shaykhah answered by saying: Yes, it is better to greet by saying As salamu alaykum because this is what came in the sunnah of the Prophet sallallahu alayhe wa sallam, as for As salamu alayki or As salamu alayka, then it is more specific, (brief). As for the second question: Yes, the angels do reply to the greeting of the person who greets by saying As salamu alaykum. Shaykhah mentioned, the hadith on this is found in Adab al-Mufrad of Imam Bukhari.

 

Question was asked today September 21, 2012 by (Nasrin Akther) to shaykhah Umm salamah, Shaykh Muqbil's wife.