OFFER SALAAM ALSO TO YOUR FAMILY

Sayyiduna Qatadah رضي الله عنه narrated that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "when you enter a house, offer salaam to its inmates and when you come and bid farewell pray for its inmates with salaam." [2] COMMENTARY. If there is no one inside, then it is mustahab (desirable) to say: to include the angel there. Some ulama (Scholars) say that it is not wajib (obligatory), but merely mustahab (desirable) to give a response to the salaam on departing and bidding farewell. Shaykh Abdul Haq Muhaddith Dahlawi said that the farewell salaam is a trust with the inmates you will get back in the hereafter. Yahya said that by means of that you give salaam in their trust and will take it back on coming back. In other words, the one who departs will return safely and get an opportunity to offer salaam again