it is as if he has been privileged to see the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم himself. However, we should be waiting impatiently all the time for being called from Madinah Munawwarah in the remembrance of Madinah Munawwarah and every year in the Hajj season, we should convey our special Salam to the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم via the pilgrims.

Answer to Salam for those who send Salam

The Revered and Renowned Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: Whoever sends Salam upon me, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ returns my soul to me until I answer to his Salam. (Abu Dawood, Kitab-ul-Manasik, Hadees 2041)

Commenting on the abovementioned blessed Hadees, the renowned commentator, Hakeem-ul-Ummat Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الْـحَـنَّان has stated: Here, soul neither refers to attention nor that sense which keeps one alive, the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is always alive. This blessed Hadees does not imply that I remain dead normally and when somebody sends Salat, I respond to him by becoming alive because in every moment, millions of Salat are recited upon the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then removal and putting the soul back would mean millions of times.

Remember that the Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has constant and equal attention upon innumerable reciters of Salat and he responds to all Salams like the sun throwing its light upon the entire world at the same time; similarly, the most Revered and Renowned Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم listens to everyone’s Salam and he even does not experience any kind of trouble and why could this not happen, since the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is purified and full of grandeur after all; As Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ listens to all, similarly, the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم listens to Salat-o-Salam of innumerable true devotees at once. (Mirat-ul-Manajih, vol. 2, pp. 101)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد