Assalamu alaykum, As a new convert I encountered it highly hard to state properly `` assalamu alaykum ''... and `` sallahu alayhi Washington sallam '' was even difficult! But now, alhumdullah it holds gotten much easier with pattern. Now if simply I could easily say `` assalamu alaykum WA rahmatullah Washington barkatuh ''... it is a mouthful! But language can be an ibadah. Our address and our pattern of good address is ibadah. Our composition and our exercise of good words... read more