Sayyiduna Abu Tamimah Hijimi (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from a man of his tribe, who says: I met the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) on a road in Madinah. He was wearing a cotton waistcloth, the edge of which was spread out. I said: ‘Alaika as-salaam, O Messenger of Allah!’ (Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah!) But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Indeed, ‘Alaika as-salaam’ is the greeting for the dead. Indeed, ‘Alaika as-salaam’ is the greeting for the dead. Indeed, ‘Alaika as-salaam’ is the greeting for the dead. Say ‘Salaamun ‘alaikum’, say ‘Salaamun ‘alaikum’. He repeated these words two or three times.

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that a man came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "As-Salamu Alaikum." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied to him and said: He has received ten good deeds. Then another came and said: "As-Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied to him, he also sat down, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He has received twenty good deeds. Then another came and said: "As-Salamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also replied to him, and he also sat down. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about him: He has attained thirty good deeds.

A man from Banu Namir narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather, that he came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "My father sends you greetings of peace." The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Peace be upon you and upon your father as well."