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General Supplications

How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you

((إذَا سَلَّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ فَقُولُوا: وَعَلَيْكُمْ)).

Translation

(When the people of the Book greet you, reply by saying: (And upon you.))

Source

Hisnul Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim), No. 227 — chapter “How to reply to a disbeliever if he says Salam to you”. hisnmuslim.com

Related Duas

((إِذَا عَطَسَ أَحَدُكُم فَلْيَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ، وَلْيَقُلْ لَهُ أَخُوهُ أَوْ صَاحِبُهُ: يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ: يَرحَمُكَ اللَّهُ، فَلْيَقُلْ: يَهْدِيكُمُ اللَّهُ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَكُمْ)).

(When one of you sneezes he should say:(All praise if for Allah.) and his brother or companion should say to him: (May Allah have mercy upon you.) and he (i.e. the one who sneezed) replies back to him:(May Allah guide yo…

Hisnul Muslim · No. 188

((أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ)).

(I take refuge with Allah from the accursed devil.)

Hisnul Muslim · No. 193