THE PERMISSIBILITY OF RECITING SALAWAT AND SALAAM (FROM QUR'AN AND HADITH)

THE PERMISSIBILITY OF RECITING SALAWAT AND SALAAM (FROM QUR'AN
AND HADITH)

It is completely within
the Shari'ah (Islamic Law) to recite Salutations and Blessings upon
Allah's Messenger (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) as is evident in
the following Qur'aanic ayat : "Undoubtedly, Allah and His
Angels send blessings on the Prophet (the Communicator of Unseen
News), O you who believe ! Send upon him blessings and salute him
fully well in abundance" (Surah al-Ahzab, Verse 56)

Almighty Allah in the
Holy Qur'aan has enjoined the performance of many things by us such
as Salaah, Fasting, Hajj etc. and has praised His Prophets and described
their good qualities. He created Hadhrat Adam ('alaihis salaam)
and directed the Angels to do Sajda (prostration) to him. However,
he does not say in any of His directions, "I (Allah) am doing
it, therefore you should do likewise". This honor was exclusively
conferred upon our Beloved Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi
wasallam). Here, in the above verse, Almighty Allah at the very
outset attributed Salawat (recital of blessings) on our Beloved
Nabi Hadhrat Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam), first to Himself
(Sunnat-i-Ilaahi), then to His Angels (Sunnat-i-Malaa'ika), and
after this enjoined on the Muslims (Sunnat-i-Mu'mineen) to do the
same, by saying, "Undoubtedly, Allah and His Angels send blessings
on the Prophet (the Communicator of Unseen News), O you who believe
! Send upon him blessings and salute him fully well in abundance".
There cannot be a greater honor for the Believers than this, who
have been favored with a share in this Divine performance with Almighty
Allah and His Angels. 

It is stated in the
commentary of the Qur'aan, Tafseer-i-Rooh al-Bayaan, "Some
Ulema are of the opinion that the meaning of Allah's blessing is,
to raise Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam)
to Maqaam-i-Mahmood (Glorious Station), the place from where he
will intercede to Almighty Allah on behalf of his Ummat; the Angels'
blessing means their prayer for enhancing the position of Hadhrat
Muhammad Mustafa (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) and beseeching forgiveness
for his followers. Blessings on the path of the believers means
to obey, love and eulogize him." Tafseer-i-Rooh al-Bayaan further
states that the honor and reverence shown to Hadhrat Muhammad (sallallahu
'alaihi wasallam) is of a much greater degree than shown to Hadhrat
Adam ('alaihis salaam) to whom only Angels were made to bow down
(in honor). For in honoring Hadhrat Muhammad Mustafa (sallallahu
'alaihi wasallam) Almighty Allah has also attributed it to Himself,
whereas in the case of Hadhrat Adam ('alaihis salaam) Almighty Allah
asked only the Angels to show honor.

Having established
and expounded on the injunction of the Holy Qur'aan we quote a few
Ahaadith of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) pertaining
to Salawat and Salaam.

Imam Tibraani (rahmat
ullah alaih) has recorded this Hadith narrated by Hadhrat Abu Darda
(radi allahu 'anhu) :

The Holy Prophet (sallallahu
'alaihi wasallam) said : "Increase your recitation of DUROOD
on me on Friday because on this day Angels present themselves to
me. There is no servant of Allah who recites SALUTATIONS upon me,
except that his voice reaches me from wherever he is". The
Companions asked even after your departure ? "He replied, Yes
after my departure too, because Allah has made it Haraam upon the
earth to consume the bodies of the Prophets". (Jila-ul Ifhaam,
by Ibn Qayyim)

“On Fridays recite
the Salawat for me repeatedly ! The Salawat will be conveyed to
me." (Ibn Habbaan, Ibn Maaja, Abu Dawood)

When it was asked whether it would be conveyed to him after his
Wisaal also, the Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) answered,
"Soil does not rot Prophets' bodies. Whenever a Muslim says
the Salawat for me, an Angel informs me of it and says, 'So-and-so's
son, so-and-so of your Ummah sent his Salaam and prayed for you.'"

Sahl ibn Sa`d (radi
allahu 'anhu) narrates: Allah's Messenger (sallallahu 'alaihi wasalam)
came out and met Abu Talha. The latter rose and went to him saying:
"My father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of
Allah! I see joy and delight in your countenance?" The Prophet
(sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) said: "Yes, for Gabriel has just
come to me saying: O Muhammad, whoever among your Community invokes
blessings upon you once, Allah records for Him ten meritorious deeds,
erases from his register ten evil deeds, and raises him ten degrees
because of it." (al-Sakhawi, al-Qawl al-badi` p. 107., al-Sakhawi
said: "Our shaykh (Ibn Hajar) graded it hasan without doubt.")

"Invoke blessings
upon me abundantly on Friday because it is a day that is (particularly)
witnessed and the Angels witness it (abundantly). As soon as a person
invokes blessings on me his invocation is shown to me until he ends
it." Abu al-Darda' (radi allahu 'anhu) said: "Even after
(your) death?" The Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) replied:
"Verily, Allah has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies
of Prophets." (Related by Ibn Majah with a sound chain through
Abu al-Darda'. Also related with a sound chain from Aws ibn Aws
al-Thaqafi by Ahmad, Ibn Abi Shayba, Abu Dawud, al-Nasa`i, Ibn Majah,
al-Darimi, Ibn Khuzayma, Ibn Hibban, al-Hakim (sahih, confirmed
by Dhahabi), Tabarani in his Kabir, and Bayhaqi in many places,
some with the initial addition of the following: "The best
of your days is Friday, for in it Adam was created, and in it his
soul was taken back, and in it is the blowing of the Horn, and in
it is the universal Seizure, therefore invoke blessings upon me
abundantly on Friday," etc. The first part (concerning the
order to invoke more Salat on Friday and the disclosure of this
invocation to the Prophet) is related by Bayhaqi in Shu`ab al-Iman
through Abi Umama, Anas, and Abu Mas`ud al-Ansari, and by al-Hakim
in his Mustadrak from the latter. Shafi`i in his Musnad relates
the first part only ("Invoke blessings upon me abundantly on
Friday") mursal from Safwan ibn Salim.)

The Holy Prophet (sallallahu
'alaihi wasallam) says in a Hadith, "Definitely there are many
Angels of Allah that sojourn the earth and bring the Salaam of my
Ummat to me". (Narrated by Nisai and Ibn Habban)

Hadhrat 'Abd ar-Rahman
bin 'Auf (radi allahu 'anhu) says that one day the Holy Prophet
(sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) came and entered a date garden. There
he performed a very long prostration. Hadhrat 'Abd ar-Rahman (radi
allahu 'anhu) feared that Allah had sent death to him. He drew close
to him and began to look at him. The Holy Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi
wasallam) raised his holy head from the prostration and asked what
had happened to him, then he disclosed his fear to him. At this,
the Holy Prophet (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) said Hadhrat Jibra'il
('alaihis salaam) asked whether he should not give him glad tidings
that Allah said that He would send blessings to the person who recited
the Holy Qur'an on him and peace and security to the person who
bade Salutations to him. (Ahmad)

These are just a few
Ahaadith. It is established beyond any doubt that the recitation
of Salawat and Salaam has its origin in the Qur'aan and Hadith. 

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