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[Attari.Rafique]

Asforsalutation2upontheMessengerofAllah, ,its

virtueisgreatandbenefitinthisworldandthehereafterforthosewhoareex

cessiveinitare

plenty. Allah the Exalted said: “Indeed Allah and His angels confer blessings upon the

Prophet,Obelievers!Conferblessingsuponhimand salutehimwithaworthy salutation”

[33:56]

So make conclusion from what Allah stipulates in this verse in great honour for his

messenger; an encouragement and stimulus for thebelievingworshippers to sendblessings

andsalutationuponhim.

He, , said:“Allah confers ten blessings upon the

personwho confers one blessing uponme”. Some of the rightful scholars,mayAllah have

mercyonthem,havesaid:IfAllahwastosendoneblessinguponaslaveduring

hisentirelife,

thatwouldbeenoughhonourandbountyforhim.Sowhat(canbesaid)fortenbl

essingsfor

everyblessing theMuslim sends tohisProphet?!So,praisebe toAllah for thisgreatvirtue

andrichgift.

He, , said:“He who confers blessings uponme,

Allahconfersuponhim tenblessings, raiseshim in ten ranks,writes ten virtuousdeeds for

him,andforgivestenofhissins”.

 

He, ,said:“Indeed,thoseclosesttomeontheDay

ofJudgementwillbethosewhoconferblessingsuponmethemost.”

He, said:“Myintercessionwillbecomeincumbent

uponwhoeverconfersthefollowingblessing:OAllah,conferblessingsuponMuIa

mmadand

bestowuponhimthestationofproximitytoYouontheDayofJudgement.”

He, , said: “Whoever says: ‘May Allah reward

MuIammadonourbehalfwitha rewardbefittingwhathedeserves’,Allahwillput seventy

angelstotroubleinwritingitsrewardforonethousanddays.”

He, , said:“Sendblessingsuponmewhereveryou

areasindeedyourblessingsareconveyedtome”

He, ,said:“Allahhascertainangelswhoroamthe

earthandconveythesalutationsofmyfollowerstome.”

(From)anarration: Indeednoone fromhis community sends salutationsuponhimexcept

Allahreturnshisnoblesoultohimuntilherepliestohim.ShaykhIbnajarme

ntionsin‘Dur

al-Mandud’ , ithas reachedus from theMessengerofAllah, that he said: “There is not one of youwho sends salutations upon him except

Allahreturnshisnoblesouluntilherepliestohim”

He, , said:“May that person be destroyed who

refrains from conveying blessings upon me when I am mentioned in his presence”, and

“WhoeverforgetstoconferblessingsuponmehaslostthewaytoParadise.”

Indeed he, , instructed specifically on the day of

Friday to increase in sending blessings upon him.He, said: “Confer blessings upon me abundantly on Friday, for the blessings of my

followersarepresentedtomeeveryFriday.Whoeverconfersthemostblessingsu

ponmethe

closerheshallbewithmeontheDayofJudgement.”He, ,said:“Conferblessingsuponmeabundantlyon the luminousnightand the luminous

day”(meaning:ThenightanddayofFriday).

Hence, it isparamount for eachbeliever to increase in their sendingof blessings upon the

Messenger ofAllah, , during all periods and in

particularthenightofFridayandit’sday.Sendsalutationsalongwithbless

ingsuponhimas

indeedAllahhas commanded themboth together. Ina tradition,Allah theExalted said to

him, ,“WhoeverconfersblessingsuponyouIconfer

blessingsuponhimandhewhoconferssalutationsuponyouIconfersalutations

uponhim”.

It is vital that for the onewho sends blessings and salutations upon hisProphet: to send

blessingsandsalutationsuponhisfamilyafterit,asindeedhelovedforthem

that,. Ithas reachedus from traditionsand from somenarrations

that the blessings presentedwithwhich no blessings conferred upon the household (of the

Prophet) isknownasavoidblessing.

AndAllahknowsbest.

By:-Imāmal-abīb‘Abdullāhal-addād (Rehmatullahi Alaih)

Edited 26 مارچ 2009 by attarirafique