Is the saying of Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy on him: "The description of the tasleem by beginning the salam towards the Qiblah and then turning at the words: ‘wa rahmatullah’ has no share of consideration and no evidence for it, and the salam is directed to those on both sides of him, so the correct [way] is that he turns from the beginning of the salam," correct?
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Disagreement regarding the manner of the (salutation at the end of prayer) is ancient. An ordinary Muslim may follow whoever he trusts in knowledge and piety, without condemning those who follow another scholar.
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