WHAT IS DUROOD SHAREEF AND THE IMPORTANCE OF DUROOD SHAREEF
Divine
blessings on Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim)
is the highest and the most meritorious act in our Deen. This
"Divine Blessings" is called Durood Shareef.
When
Almighty Allah sends Durood and Salaams upon Sayyiduna Rasoolullah
(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim), He is actually blessing him. When
the Malaa'ikah and the Muslims send Durood and Salaams to Sayyiduna
Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim), they are actually
showing Almighty Allah their respect for the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim).
Muslims
hope that, through the blessings of the Durood and Salaams, Almighty
Allah will forgive them of their sins and increase their status
in this world and in the Aakirah. The Malaa'ikah hope that Almighty
Allah will increase their status.
Durood
is a sure means of Allah Ta'ala granting blessings, peace, prosperity
and favours of great magnitude on one who recites Durood Shareef
on the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim). The reciter
of Durood Shareef receives all the benefits in this world and
utmost gain in the next world with addition to the love of the
Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim).
The
invocation of Blessings on the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) is styled in Arabic as "Salawat", in Persian
as "Durood", and in Urdu as "Salawat-o-Salaam".
The
regular recitation of Durood Shareef on Sayyiduna Rasoolullah
(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) lifts up our hearts on to a plane
of comprehension where we gaze in our new found peace and moral
armour.
The
reciter of Durood Shareef will, after some time, come to realise
by himself that it is the spontaneous outpouring of his heart
before the Great Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) of Islam,
whose love and attachment is needed to get all the present day
problems solved and obtain mercy in the next world.
The
more Durood Shareef we recite, the greater the gain and benefit
will be achieved in both the worlds. Hazrat Shaikh-e-Akbar Mo'inuddin
ibn Arabi (radi Allahu anhu) has stated that, "Those who
claim to love and revere the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) should increase their recital of the Durood Shareef
in patience and perseverance until, through the mercy of Rasoolullah
(Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim), they have the opportunity of witnessing
his blessed countenance".
The
special and exclusive aspect of this prayer is that Durood Shareef
is immediately accepted by Allah Ta'ala. No one can doubt its
acceptance, as Durood Shareef is being recited by Allah Ta'ala
too. Not only this, but He has revealed this secret in the Holy
Quran by saying:
Wara
fa'na laka zikrah
"Have
I not exalted thy name."
Muslims
are a very fortunate people. Allah Ta'ala chose for them the name
of Islam as a religion, declared to be comprehensive and final
for mankind. The person chose to deliver this message in this
specific form and extra-ordinary style of love and hope was the
most beloved of Allah Ta'ala and became the Light of Divinity
to be shed upon the entire universe. This Light devastated all
the domains of darkness and depression. By reciting Durood Shareef
(Salawat) we invite Light and drive away all darkness from our
inner soul. Our mind becomes soft and love saturated. If there
is softness in everything, it tends beauty to it. People become
ugly owing to lack of this essential beauty of the inner part
of the mind. This ugliness cannot be glossed over by any amount
of cosmetics. It is the Durood Shareef on the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) which works wonders.
In the
same manner, the Holy Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) taught
us Durood Shareef to attain salvation, perfect peace and maximum
gain in this world as well as the next. The soul is the soil where
the faith of Allah is to be implanted firmly and faithfully which
requires continuous recitation of Durood Shareef to thrive and
flourish.
We have
been told by Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim)
that Durood Shareef is itself Light and when Light enters the
soul every aspiration is achieved and every goal is won. Nothing
remains thereafter to worry about.
Human
spirit today is depressed everywhere and mankind has come to the
edge of destruction, decay and devastation. Everyone is engulfed
in untold miseries and tragedies of a very great magnitude. Troubles
and tortures, pain, poverty, hunger, ill-health, frustrations
and accidents have broken the back of a human being. All this
can evaporate with the recitation of Durood Shareef on the Holy
Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) who has clearly proclaimed
that Durood Shareef is the panacea of all ills and that if any
one comes across a calamity he should recite Durood Shareef in
the maximum number. Allah Ta'ala has promised that if anyone recites
Durood only once, He showers ten blessings on the reciter immediately.
It is
narrated that once Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam) walked a very
long distance in the desert during summer at noon. He fainted
due to thirst and hunger. After a while, when he regained his
consciousness, Allah Ta'ala sent Hazrat Jibrael (alaihis salaam)
to go and inquire from Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam) if he was
thirsty or not. Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam) replied that he was
thirsty. Allah Ta'ala told him that the thirst on the Day of Judgement
will be a million times more than what Hazrat Moosa (alaihis salaam)
experienced. Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam) was told that if he
wished to get rid of that thirst on the hottest Day of Judgement,
he would have to do one thing. When Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam)
enquired as to what should be done, Allah Ta'ala told him that
he should recite Durood Shareef in abundance on His last Prophet,
Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim). Hazrat Musa
(alaihis salaam) thanked Allah Ta'ala and immediately began reciting
Durood Shareef on the Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim).
From
the above fact it is quite clear that Allah Ta'ala has given orders
even to his Ambiya to recite Salawat on the last and final Prophet
of Islam, and that Durood Shareef is not only panacea and a solution
to the ills of this world but in the next too.
In another
story, it is narrated that when Hazrat Adam (alaihis salaam) saw
Bibi Hawa (radi Allahu anha) he wanted to be close to her, but
Allah Ta'ala sent Hazrat Jibrael (alaihis salaam) to stop him.
Allah Ta'ala told him that if he wanted to take Bibi Hawa (radi
Allahu anha) as his wife, he should first pay Mahr (dowry). On
his inquiry as to what the Mahr was, Allah Ta'ala told Hazrat
Jibrael (alaihis salaam) to inform him that the best way of paying
the dowry is for him to recite Durood Shareef 3 times on His last
Prophet, Hazrat Muhammad (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim). Hazrat
Adam (alaihis salaam) did so, Bibi Hawa (radi Allahu anha) was
granted to him as his legal and legitimate wife.
The
highest blessings which Islam has conferred on man is the concept
of Tauheed or Unity of Allah in its purest form. This has been
furnished to mankind through Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim), the last of the Prophets. It is a cardinal duty
of every Muslim man and woman, young and old to entertain the
highest respect, regard, love and esteem for the Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) and his family. It should be clear that
obedience to Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim)
is always to be charged with intense love and highest regard for
him, for it is through love and esteem that truth can be comprehended
and communion with the Creator can be vouch-safed. In fact, love
is the motive force, reverence dissolves and implicit obedience
to the Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim) which is the natural
outcome. It is therefore incumbent on those who love him, to pray
to Allah Ta'ala and His Angels in wishing for him peace according
to the Divine Command. This will reshape the life which is otherwise
infested with turmoil. The reciter will get countless and matchless
benefits in both the Worlds and can claim to be the lover of Holy
Prophet (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim).
As Muslims
we should recite Durood Shareef in the Arabic language. Islam
seeks to create a unified outlook and it is in the Arabic language
alone which welds all Muslims into one great brotherhood. Besides,
Arabic is the language of Heaven, it is the language of Sayyiduna
Rasoolullah (Sallal Laahu Alaihi Wasallim), it is the language
of the Angels and it is the language of Hazrat Abu-Bakr, Hazrat
Umar, Hazrat Uthman and Hazrat Ali (radi Allahu anhuma).
The
daily recitation of Durood Shareef has a tremendous effect on
the human head, heart, mind and person. It purifies thoughts and
intensifies actions. It makes passages for perfect peace and personal
satisfaction.
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