Reply of Salam from inside the blessed shrine

Sayyiduna Shaykh Abu Nasr ‘Abdul Waahid Bin ‘Abdul Malik Bin Muhammad Bin Abu Sa’eed Sufi Karkhi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْہِ has said: After I performed Hajj, I came to Madinah and visited the blessed shrine of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ. I was sitting near the blessed Hujrah (i.e. room) when Shaykh Abu Bakr Diyaar Bikri رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْہِ came and stood with his face towards the direction of the blessed face of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ. He then said humbly, ‘اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْكَ یَا رَسُوْلَ الله’. I and all those present heard a voice from inside the blessed shrine ‘وَعَلَیْكَ السَّلَامُ یَا اَبَا بَکْرٍ’.

(Al-Haawi lil-Fatawa, vol. 2, pp. 314)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy upon him and forgive us without accountability for his sake!