If a person repeats a number of times intentionally Surah...

If a person repeats a number of times intentionally Surah al-Hamd and surah and the recitation of prayers without treating them to be a part of the prayers there is no harm in it. 1146. A person offering prayers should not salute (Salaam) any- one and if another person says salam to him, he should, on the basis of obligatory precaution, use the same words in reply. For example, if someone says salamun Alaykum he should also say Saamun Alaykum in reply.

However, he can use any phrase in reply to Alaykumus salaam. 1147. It is necessary that, whether a person is offering prayers or not, he should give reply to a salam at once. And if whether intentionally or due to forgetfulness, he delays reply to the salaam so much that if he gives a reply it may not be reckoned to be a reply to that salam he should not give a reply if he is offering prayers and if he is not offering prayers it is not obligatory for him to give a reply. 1148.

A person should give reply to a salaam in such away that one who salutes him should hear it. However, if he who says salam is deaf, or parses away quickly, after saying salaam, and a reply is given as usual it is sufficient. 1149. It is not obligatory that a person, who is offering prayers, gives reply to salaam with the intention of blessing tie, he may seek blessings of Allah for one, who has said salam to him).

On the other hand there is no harm, if he gives reply with the intention of salutation. 1150. If a woman or a non-mehram (man with whom marriage is lawful) or a discerning child i.e. a child, who can distinguish between good and evil says salam to a person, who is offering prayers, the person, Who is offering prayers, should give a reply to him.

However, in reply to the salam of a woman who says salamun alayha the person offering prayers should say salamun alaik and should not give zabar, zer or pesh to kaf. 1151. If a person offering prayers does not give reply to salam, his prayers is in order, though he has committed a sin (on account of his not having given a reply to salam). 1152. If a person says salam to a person, offering prayers, in such a wrong manner that it cannot be treated to be a salam.

it is not obligatory to give a reply to it. 1153. It is not obligatory to give reply to the salam of a person who says it by way of jest or to the salam of a non-muslim man or woman who is not a zimmi (an infidel living under the protection of an Islamic Government).