And if he/she is a zimmi it is sufficient on the basis of...

And if he/she is a zimmi it is sufficient on the basis of obligatory precaution that while giving a reply one should content oneself with saying Alayk. 1154. If a person says salam to a group of persons it is obligatory for all of them to give a reply. However, if one of them gives a reply it is sufficient. 1155. If a person says salaam to a group of persons and a person to whom he did not intend to say salam. gives a reply, reply to his salaam shall be obligatory on the group. 1156.

If a person says salam to a group of persons and one of them who is offering prayers doubts whether that person intended to say salam to him, he should not…