Salawaat is the only ibada in
which Allah joins with His servants in sending blessings to the Holy Prophet.
In Sura Al Ahzaab 33, ayat 56 which reads:
Surely
Allah and His angels send salawaat on the Prophet, O You who believes! Send
salawaat on him, and salute him a through salutation.
Shaikh Sadouq in “The fountains
of the wisdom words of Imam Raza” says “ O Allah send your blessings on to the
one that daily prayers is honored with having the salawaat on him”. Muslims all
over the world send salawaat on the Holy Prophet during five times prayers.
Prayers are not accepted without salawaat. When this ayat was revealed, the
companions enquired of the Prophet as to how the salawaat should be recited.
The Prophet said “ Allahumma Salle
Alaa Mohammad Wa Ale Mohammad Kama Sallaita Ala Ibrahim Wa Ale Ibrahima Innaka
Hamidun Majeed; Wa Barik Ala Mohammadin Wa Ale Mohammadin Kama Barakta Ala Ibrahima
Wa Ale Ibahima Innaka Hamidun Majeed”. The Divine promise of exalting
esteem of the Prophet is fulfilled as stated in Sura Alam Nashrah ayat 4 which
reads “Wa Rafaana Laka Zikrak” “And we raised high for you your esteem”. During
life time of the Prophet, people were reciting salawaat in different ways. The
prophet expressed his displeasure and advised them to recite correctly.
Majority of Muslims recite
salawat as “Allahumma Salle Ala Mohammadin Wa Ala Ale Mohammad”.The founder of
one of the four schools of thoughts in Islam, Imam Shafei praises in the
following couplets “Ya Ahle Baite Rasool Allah Hubbukum Faraza Min Allah Wa Fil
Qur’an
Anzala; Kafakum Min Azeem Alqadre
Innakum Man Lam Yusalle Alaikum La Salata Lahoo”
O Ahle Baite Rasool! Love for you
have been made obligatory in Holy Qur’an; Testimony to your excellence is
sufficient that if any one does not recite salawaat in prayers his prayer is
unacceptable to Allah. Hazrat Aaisha narrated that the Holy Prophet said that
prayers without ablution (wuzu) and salawaat is not acceptable.
Salawaat is the most valuable
deed. Who ever cannot make an atonement for his sins, then he should recite
salawaat as this destroys the sins thoroughly. There are many ahadees stating
that in order to have your supplications granted, start your supplications with
salawaat and make duaa and end it with salawaat. Because Allah is more merciful
than to accept the beginning of your
supplications and the end of it, but does not grant the one in the middle. Imam
Ali Al Raza said
“Who ever remember Allah will
receive 10 rewards and who ever remember Prophet will receive 10 rewards”. One
of the benefits of reciting salawaat is that it treats forgetfulness.
Ibne Kaseer quotes the Holy
Prophet” The miser is the one in whose presence I am mentioned then he does not
send salawaat up on me”
Allama Majlisi narrates a miracle
of Salawaat in “Hayatul Quloob” that a momin was told by the Prophet that if he
loves Mohammad and Ale Mohammad then he should always recite salawaat.
One day two hypocrites approached
him and tried to discourage him about reciting salawaat and relying on the love
of Ahle Bait. A fisherman came by them, the momin was poor but the hypocrites
encouraged him to buy the fish and request the Prophet to pay for it. The momin
bought the fish and when he cut open the fish he found 2 pearls valued at about
2 lakh Dirham.
The hypocrites were surprised but
still persuaded the fisherman to repossess the pearls but as soon as he picked
up the pearls it converted into scorpions. The momin found two more pearls in
the fish. He took the four pearls to the Prophet and told him what had
happened. The Prophet told him that it was his reward for his Iemaan.
Allama Majlisi reports in the
same book that when Hazrat Adam was being married to Hazrat Hawwa, Allah told
Hazrat Adam to recite salawaat 10 times as meher for his nikah.
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