part 1- THE VIRTUES OF DUROOD SHARIEF/salawaat

[Muhammed Faraaz Ebrahim]

بِسْمِ اللّهِ وَالسَلاَمْ عَلَا  رَسُوُل اللّهِ

اللهم صل علي محمد وبارك وسلم
THE VIRTUES OF DUROOD SHARIEF: 

إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّوْنَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ  يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِيْنَ آَمَنُوْا صَلُّوْا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوْا تَسْلِيمًا

Verily, Allah and His angels confer blessings on the Prophet: O you who believe! Confer blessings on him, and greet him with a goodly salutation (Qur’an 33:56)

Allah, The Most Exalted, says "We have not sent thee(Muhammad peace be upon him) Except as a Mercy to the Worlds." (Qur'an:Surah 21 Aayat 107)

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Durood e Ibraheem, the best of Duroods

Narrated Abu Humaid As-Sa'idi رضي الله عنه :

The people asked, "O رسول صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ! How shall we (ask Allah to) send blessings on you?"

Allah's Apostle replied,

"Say: O Allah! Send Your Mercy on Muhammad (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) and on his wives and on his off spring, as You sent Your Mercy on Ibraheem's family; and send Your Blessings on Muhammad (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ) and on his offspring, as You sent Your Blessings on Ibraheem's family, for You are the Most Praise-worthy, the Most Glorious." 

(Sahih Bukhari,Book #55, Hadith #588)

"Durood is a means of attaining the Du'aa and mercy of Rasulullaah(صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ )"[Al Qawl al Badee]

"Reciting Durood causes sorrow, grief, calamities αи∂ difficulties to be removed.

 [Al Qawl al Badee]

RASULULLAH [صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ   ] HAS SAID:- 

1." "The closest person to me on the day of judgement will be the one who recites Durood upon me the most." [Jami Tirmidhi, Vol2, Pg 27, Dar Ul Fikr, Beirut]

 

Narrated Ka'b bin Ujra رضى الله تعالى عنه :

It was said, "O   ﺂللَّــہ 's Apostle صلى الله عليه وسلم ! We know how to greet you, but how to invoke   ﺂللَّــہ  for you?" The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم  said, "Say: Allahumma salli ala Muhammadin wa'ala Ali Muhammaddin, kama sallaita 'ala all Ibrahim, innaka Hamidun Majid."

[Sahih Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 320]

 

2." On Fridays, send Durood abundantly on me, as it is presented before me. " (ABU DAWUD)

and another naration on this topic: 

 "Increase the Blessings you send on me on Fridays, for every time someone sends Blessings and Prays for me on a Friday, I will be told about his prayer." [Classed as Sahih by al-Albani, op. cit, No 1219]

3. " If any person, who writing my name, sends darood Sharif to me,then for as long as my name remains in that book, Angels will make Du'a of mercy for him. "  (Tibrani)

4. "Whoever recites Durood at my grave, I hear it myself. And whoesoever recites it from a distance, Angels present them to me." (BAIHAQI)

and another naration on this topic:

"Increase the Blessings you send on me, for Allah has assigned an Angel to my Grave. Whenever anyone of my Ummah sends Blessings on me, that Angel will say to me: 'O Muhammad (SalAllahu Alyehe Wasallam), so-and-so the son of so-and-so has sent Blessings on you now. [Al-Daylami, Musnad al-Firdaws; classed as Hassan (accepted) by al-Albani, Sahih al-Jami; No 1218]

5. "On the day of Qiyamah, that person will be protected from the frightfulness of Qiyamah who recited durood abundantly to me." (SA'AYA) 

6. "For the reciter of durood, Allah sends 70 blessings on him and the angels make dua for him 70 times."(TIBRANI)

and another naration on this topic:

Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Umar (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, “He who reads a single Durood, Almighty Allah and His Angels (Malaa’ikah) send seventy blessings upon the reciter”. (Mishkaat)

7. " On the Day of Qiyamah, besides the Shadow of the Throne, there would be no other shadow.On that Day, Allah Almighty will especially Grant three kinds of people a place under his trone: 
1. Whosoever removed some difficulty of my Ummah and solved his hardship 
2. Whoever revived my Sunnah 
3. And Whoever recited Doorud Sharif on me abundantly 

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In 'Zaadus Saeed' Hz Anas رضي الله عنه reports that Nabi صلّى اللّـه عليه و سلّم said "those who recite salaat (durood) on Me plentifully in number shall be in the shade of the Throne on the day of Qiyaamah"

How beautiful that Allah will grant those who continuously keep their tongues moist with the recitation of Durood to be in the shade of His Throne on that day when there will be no other shade besides His Throne, recite a short simple durood صلّى اللّـه عليه و سلّم

Nabi صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ  said the miser is he who when my name is mentioned he doesn't send durood on me.(Riyaadhus Saaliheen)

8."Allah Almighty has appointed a group of angels who travel the world, and in my Ummah, whoever sends salutatations to me, those salutations are presented to me by these angels." (IBNE HABBAN) 

9." Recite durood sharief abundantly on me, it will be a means of cleanliness and purity for you." (ABU YA"LA )
and another naration on this topic:

"Send Durood upon me in abundance, this will purify you." [Musnad Abu Yala, Vol5, pg 458, Hadith 6383, Dar Ul Kutubul Ilmiyyah, Beirut]

10."Before whomsoever my mention is made, he should recite durood sharief upon me." (Nasa"I) 

11. " Whosoever recites Durood Sharief on me 10 times in the morning and evening, I will intercede for him on the day of Qiyamah." (TIBRANI)

12. " Whosoever recites Durood Shareef a 1000 times on me daily, then before death he will see his abode in Jannah." ( SA'AYA) 

13. " Send Durood Sharief on me, Allah will also send Durood on you."

 

Sayyiduna Abu Talha (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that he once entered the Court of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and noticed that the Habeeb of Almighty Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was in a state of great joy and happiness. When he inquired as to the reason for this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) replied that, “Why should I not be happy and joyous? At this very moment Sayyiduna Jibra’el Ameen (alaihis salaam) has brought me a message. Almighty Allah has declared, ‘O Muhammad! Are you not pleased with this, that if any of your followers sends a single Durood upon you, I and My Angels (Malaa’ikah) send ten blessings upon that person, ten of his sins are pardoned and ten good deeds are recorded in his favour. He who sends Salaams upon you, I send Salaams upon him, so therefore, notify your Ummah of this good news and tell them that it is now left to them to either increase or decrease the recital of the Durood Shareef’”.

(Nisaai) 

14.'Umar ibn al-Khattab (ra) said that a supplication is suspended between the heavens and the earth . Nothing of it ascends till salutations are sent to your Prophet (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ )

and another naration on this topic:

It is reported that once Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was sitting in the Masjid when a person entered to perform his Salaah. After the Salaah, the person made Du’a to Almighty Allah in the following manner, “O Allah! Please forgive me and have mercy on me”. On hearing this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) stated, “O Reciter of the Salaah! You have been extremely hasty. When you complete the Salaah, you must first praise Almighty Allah according to His Magnificence and then read the Durood Shareef. Only then should you beg Almighty Allah for what you desire”.Soon after this another person entered the Masjid. When that person completed his Salaah he began to praise Almighty Allah and then recited the Durood Shareef. Seeing this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said to the person, “O Reciter of the Salaah, ask, for certainly your Du’a will be answered”. (Tirmidhi)

[Tirmidhi]

15. Hazrat Ubai Ibn Ka'ab رضي الله عنه narrates: '' I said to رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ that I recite durood sharif a lot to you. I wish you to fix an amount for me so that I can fulfill it.
رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ Replied: '' Whatever your heart desires,read that much. '' I said: '' From my time I will fix a quarter of that time and the balance for other devotions,(Waza'if). رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ replied:''Whatever you wish, but if u increase,then it will be better for you.'' I said: '' oh رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ must I recite durood shareef the whole time?'' رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ replied: '' If u do so then all your worries and difficulties will be suffieced and all your sins will be forgiven.''
(Tirmizi - Mustadrik)

It means that if the whole time is spent in reciting durood shareef, then  اللَّهُ will suffice and garantee him all his needs. From the above Hadith, we clearly realise the excellence of reading the Durood Shareef as much as possible. O Almighty Allah! Grant us the strength to increase the recital of the Durood Shareef. Aameen.

and another naration on this topic:

It is reported that someone asked Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), “O Nabi of Allah, if one adopts the recital of the Durood Shareef daily, how then will it be?” Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu wasallam) replied, “If you do this, then enough for you is Allah in the affairs of this world and the next”. (In other words, the person will have no need to run to anybody and all his affairs will be completed with ease).

(Al Qolul Badi)

 

16.  Mountains present salaam:

Hadrat Ali ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ states :

While I was once accompanying the Holy Prophet
 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم

As he walked in Makkah, every tree and stone we had passed began to say assalamu alayka yaa Rasullalah to him, which I was also able to hear(peace b upon u,o Meassenger of Allah)
(tirmidhi sharif, vol 2 page 203)
Similiarly, Hadrat Jabir bin Samorah ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ
 Narrates that Rasoolullah
 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم
Said :

I still recognise the stone in Makkah that used to greet me.
(Tirmidhi Sharif vol 2 pg 203)

سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ  .  اللَّهُ أَكْبَر
A lifeless object recognised the beauty of NABI    صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ,nd what about us??R we just payng lip service or r we really tryng 2 bring NABI    صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ teachings in2 our lives.

Every time we implement a Sunnah of our beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ (peace b upon him)
we add more blessings to our life.

صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

[Muhammed Faraaz Ebrahim]

(Nisaai) 

14.'Umar ibn al-Khattab radi Allahu anhu said that a supplication is suspended between the heavens and the earth . Nothing of it ascends till salutations are sent to your Prophet (صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ )

and another naration on this topic:

It is reported that once Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was sitting in the Masjid when a person entered to perform his Salaah. After the Salaah, the person made Du’a to Almighty Allah in the following manner, “O Allah! Please forgive me and have mercy on me”. On hearing this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) stated, “O Reciter of the Salaah! You have been extremely hasty. When you complete the Salaah, you must first praise Almighty Allah according to His Magnificence and then read the Durood Shareef. Only then should you beg Almighty Allah for what you desire”.Soon after this another person entered the Masjid. When that person completed his Salaah he began to praise Almighty Allah and then recited the Durood Shareef. Seeing this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said to the person, “O Reciter of the Salaah, ask, for certainly your Du’a will be answered”. (Tirmidhi)

[Tirmidhi]

15. Hazrat Ubai Ibn Ka'ab رضي الله عنه narrates: '' I said to رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ that I recite durood sharif a lot to you. I wish you to fix an amount for me so that I can fulfill it.
رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ Replied: '' Whatever your heart desires,read that much. '' I said: '' From my time I will fix a quarter of that time and the balance for other devotions,(Waza'if). رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ replied:''Whatever you wish, but if u increase,then it will be better for you.'' I said: '' oh رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ must I recite durood shareef the whole time?'' رسول  صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ replied: '' If u do so then all your worries and difficulties will be suffieced and all your sins will be forgiven.''
(Tirmizi - Mustadrik)

It means that if the whole time is spent in reciting durood shareef, then  اللَّهُ will suffice and garantee him all his needs. From the above Hadith, we clearly realise the excellence of reading the Durood Shareef as much as possible. O Almighty Allah! Grant us the strength to increase the recital of the Durood Shareef. Aameen.

and another naration on this topic:

It is reported that someone asked Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), “O Nabi of Allah, if one adopts the recital of the Durood Shareef daily, how then will it be?” Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu wasallam) replied, “If you do this, then enough for you is Allah in the affairs of this world and the next”. (In other words, the person will have no need to run to anybody and all his affairs will be completed with ease).

(Al Qolul Badi)

 

16.  Mountains present salaam:

Hadrat Ali ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ states :

While I was once accompanying the Holy Prophet
 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم

As he walked in Makkah, every tree and stone we had passed began to say assalamu alayka yaa Rasullalah to him, which I was also able to hear(peace b upon u,o Meassenger of Allah)
(tirmidhi sharif, vol 2 page 203)
Similiarly, Hadrat Jabir bin Samorah ﺭﺿﻲ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻪ
 Narrates that Rasoolullah
 صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم
Said :

I still recognise the stone in Makkah that used to greet me.
(Tirmidhi Sharif vol 2 pg 203)

سُبْحَانَ اللّهِ  .  اللَّهُ أَكْبَر

A lifeless object recognised the beauty of NABI    صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ,nd what about us??are we just payng lip service or are we really trying to bring NABI    صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ teachings in to our lives.