Is it permissible for a person praying to verbally respond to a salam offered to them?

Chapter on the Two Prostrations of Forgetfulness

Al-Mughni

Book of Prayer

Book 3 · Issue 2 · Bab 7

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It is prohibited for a person who is praying to verbally respond to a greeting (salam) offered to them. This is established by the narration where Ibn Umar greeted a man who was praying, and when the man responded verbally, Ibn Umar returned to him and prohibited him from doing so.