And the other [view] is that it does not suffice; because it alters the [formula of the salutation that has been transmitted]. And it introduces a deficiency in [a letter which necessitates totality (al-istighraq), thus the meaning changes, and it does not suffice, just as if one were to affirm the 'lam' in the takbir]. Abu [al-Hasan] al-Amidi said: There is no difference between [whether one nunates the taslim or does not nunate it]; because omitting the nunation does not impair the meaning; evidenced by what happens if one pauses upon it.

Section: It is a sunnah to turn to one's right during the first taslimah, and to one's left during the second, as the Sunnah has come down [in the hadith of] Ibn Mas‘ud, [and Sa‘d, and Wa'il, and Jabir ibn Samurah, and others. Imam Ahmad said: It has been established to us, from more than one source, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that he used to perform the taslim to his right and to his left until the whiteness of his cheeks could be seen.] And his turning in the second [taslimah] is to be more complete; for what [Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa‘id] narrated [with his chain of narration from] ‘Ammar, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), that he used to perform the taslim to his right until the whiteness of his right cheek could be seen, and when he performed the taslim to his left, the whiteness of his right and left cheeks could be seen. Abu Bakr [also] narrated it with his chain of narration from Ibn Mas‘ud [from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)]. Ibn ‘Aqil said: