Somebody said that when you are offering salam to a mass of people say Ass Salam Alaikum if it is a one person say only salam Alaikum.is it a correct procedure?
Answer
(Fatwa: 712/593/B=1432)
No, it is not right method. سلام عليكم is used to greet the dead ones. The well-known and popular method of greeting the living ones is السلام عليكم, though one greets one person or more.
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband