The virtue of sending salutations (durood) on the Prophet ﷺ
What the Prophet ﷺ brought to the world, what he said about sending blessings upon him, the days it is best recited on, and why the salutation (durood) is woven into the prayer itself.
Durood means asking Allah to send blessings and peace on the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Allah Himself sends blessings on the Prophet ﷺ, and so do the angels, and Allah has told believers to do the same. Even in prayer, which is only for Allah, we still end it by sending durood on the Prophet ﷺ.
Allah has told believers to send blessings on the Prophet ﷺ, so a Muslim must do so. It is even part of the prayer, at its end.
12345Sending lots of durood on the Prophet ﷺ is a very good deed. For every one durood Allah sends ten blessings on you, and the people who send the most will be closest to the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Judgment.
1234567891011It is especially good to send lots of durood on Fridays and Mondays and the nights before them, and to send durood at the start and end of a dua and after finishing a prayer, hoping it will be accepted.
1234وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى خَيْرٍ خَلْقِهِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wa ṣallā'llāhu taʿālā ʿalā khayri khalqihī sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa aṣḥābihī ajmaʿīn, bi-raḥmatika yā arḥama'r-rāḥimīn
And may Allah Most High send blessings upon the best of His creation, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and all his companions, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
Before the Prophet ﷺ, the world was filled with the worship of idols, stars, fire, wealth and the self. Through him the worship of Allah was established on earth, and the takbir has echoed in the world ever since, a state that will continue until the Day of Judgment. Allah Almighty joined obedience, love and pleasure toward His Messenger to obedience, love and pleasure toward Himself; disobedience and hatred of the Prophet are counted as disobedience and hatred of Allah. Allah placed the Prophet's name alongside His own, and commanded that he be remembered alongside Himself. Allah Himself sends blessings and peace upon the Prophet, as do all the angels, and believers have been commanded to do the same. Even in prayer, which belongs to Allah alone, durood upon the Prophet is included at its close; in the funeral prayer, the shahadah is recited at the first takbir and durood at the second.
Allah has commanded believers to send blessings and peace upon the Prophet ﷺ, as He Himself and the angels do; a Muslim is therefore required to send durood upon him. It is retained even within the prayer, at its close, and in the funeral prayer at the second takbir.
12345Sending durood upon the Prophet ﷺ abundantly is recommended and greatly rewarded: for each durood Allah sends ten blessings, forgives ten sins and writes ten good deeds, the angels send blessings on the one who sends it, and those who send the most will be closest to the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Judgment.
1234567891011Reciting durood abundantly on Fridays and Mondays and the nights before them is recommended, as is sending durood at the beginning and end of a dua and after finishing a prayer, in the hope that they will be accepted.
1234وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى خَيْرٍ خَلْقِهِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wa ṣallā'llāhu taʿālā ʿalā khayri khalqihī sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa aṣḥābihī ajmaʿīn, bi-raḥmatika yā arḥama'r-rāḥimīn
And may Allah Most High send blessings upon the best of His creation, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and all his companions, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
The source frames durood as more than an act of etiquette: it traces the Prophet's ﷺ role in ending the pre-Islamic worship of idols, stars, fire, wealth and self, and grounds the command to remember him in the principle that Allah joined obedience, love and pleasure toward the Messenger to obedience, love and pleasure toward Himself, so that disobedience and hatred of the one is treated as disobedience and hatred of the other. Allah placed the Prophet's name alongside His own and commanded his remembrance alongside His own remembrance. Allah Himself, and all the angels, send blessings and peace (salah wa salam) upon the Prophet, and believers are commanded to the same. Durood is retained even within salah, an act otherwise exclusively directed to Allah, closing it at the tashahhud, and structures the funeral prayer too, where the shahadah is read at the first takbir and durood at the second.
Allah has commanded the believers to send ṣalāh wa salām upon the Prophet ﷺ, as He and the angels do, so that durūd is required of every Muslim. It is retained within ṣalāh itself, at the closing tashahhud, and in the funeral prayer at the second takbīr.
12345Abundant durūd upon the Prophet ﷺ is mustaḥabb and richly rewarded: each ṣalāh is returned tenfold by Allah with ten sins erased and ten good deeds recorded, the angels send blessings upon the one who sends it, and those most abundant in it will be nearest the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Judgment, with a light upon the Ṣirāṭ.
1234567891011Abundant durūd on Friday and Monday and the nights preceding them is mustaḥabb, as is placing durūd at the opening and close of a duʿāʾ and reciting it on finishing a prayer, in hope of their acceptance.
1234وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى خَيْرٍ خَلْقِهِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
Wa ṣallā'llāhu taʿālā ʿalā khayri khalqihī sayyidinā Muḥammadin wa ālihī wa aṣḥābihī ajmaʿīn, bi-raḥmatika yā arḥama'r-rāḥimīn
And may Allah Most High send blessings upon the best of His creation, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and all his companions, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.
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The Virtue of Sending Salutations (Durood)
- Before the advent of the Prophet (peace be upon him), the world was filled with idol worship, star worship, fire worship, materialism, and self-worship. It was through the blessed hands of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that the foundation of the worship of Allah was laid. The earth, through His blessed footsteps, became the center of the worship of Allah, and the world echoed with the words "اَللّٰہُ اَکْبَرْ" due to His presence. This will continue till the Day of Judgment. Therefore, the verse " فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرُ كُمُ " (So remember Me, I will remember you) necessitated that the remembrance of the Prophet (peace be upon him) be raised. Allah Almighty connected His obedience, love, and pleasure to the obedience, love, and pleasure of His Messenger. Disobedience and hatred towards the Prophet are considered disobedience and hatred towards Allah. Allah made the Prophet’s name a part of His own name and commanded the remembrance of the Prophet alongside His own. Even Allah Himself sends blessings and peace upon the Prophet, along with all the angels, and has instructed the believers to do the same. Even in prayer, which is exclusively for Allah, the prayer ends with sending blessings upon the Prophet. In the first Takbeer of a funeral prayer, "Shahada" is read, and in the second Takbeer, Durood is recited.
- The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "The most miserly person is the one in whose presence I am mentioned, and he does not send blessings upon me." "The person closest to me on the Day of Judgment will be the one who sends the most blessings upon me." "As long as someone sends blessings upon me, all the angels will send blessings upon him. It is up to him to increase or decrease in this regard." "Whoever sends one Durood upon me, Allah will send ten blessings upon him, ten of his sins will be forgiven, and ten good deeds will be written for him." "The one who recites Durood will have a light on the bridge (Sirat), which will be a sign of him being among the people of light and not the people of the fire." "On the Day of Judgment, I will recognize many nations because of the abundant Durood they sent upon me."
- Durood should be recited abundantly on Fridays, Mondays, and their nights, in particular. Experience shows that sending Durood is a cure for all psychological and spiritual diseases and is an elixir for achieving both worldly and Hereafter goals. Sending Durood at the beginning and end of a prayer leads to its acceptance. It is said that after finishing a prayer, sending Durood is hoped to make the prayer acceptable. Since this booklet contains the rulings of prayer, it seems fitting that it ends with the mention of Durood, so it may be beneficial for people and widely accepted, and a means of salvation for the author.
وَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى خَيْرٍ خَلْقِهِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِهِ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ
بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
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