Book Name:Darood o Salam Ke Fazail
sufficient. Some pious predecessors have mentioned 300 daily, and others have stated that 200 should be recited after Fajr and 200 after ꜤAṣr prayers. Make a habit of reciting some at the time of sleeping.
He further says:
One should recite ṣalāt at least 100 times a day. There are some forms of ṣalāt (such as, صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) which allow one to quickly and easily recite 1,000. Besides, it becomes easy for the one who is habitual in reciting abundant ṣalāt. In any case, the Prophetic devotee finds such pleasure and sweetness in reciting ṣalāt which brings strength to his soul.[1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
O devotees of the Prophet! Reciting ṣalāt 100 times or 300 times daily, or 200 times in the morning and evening, or even 1,000 times every day, is not difficult. Now, the question arises as to how our pious predecessors would recite ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم 10,000 times a day, and in some cases, even 40,000 times. How did they find time to perform other acts of worship, deal with household and financial matters, as well as propagating the Sunnah, and finding time to eat and rest?
The answer to this is that they were neither trapped in the love of the world nor were they people who wasted time. In this manner, after dealing with necessary affairs, such as eating and earning a halal income, they would still have plenty of time left to engage in dhikr and recite ṣalāt. On the other hand, many people today fall prey to the deception of Satan and consider this short-lived life to be everything, and spend