Does My Prayer Break If I Recited the Final Salam Quietly?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question

If I recited the final salam quietly in a prayer (prayed alone) in which I recited audibly does my prayer break?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

When praying alone, one is permitted to recite quietly even in the audible prayers such as Fajr, Maghrib and ‘Isha. [Shurunbulali, Maraqi al-Falah] 

For this reason, your reciting the final salam quietly does not break the prayer. 

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.