O devotees of the Prophet! As this is the month of our beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and of sending ṣalāt upon him, let us listen to some virtues of reciting ṣalāt upon the Prophet.

Freedom from Hell

Sayyid Maḥmūd Kurdī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states that his blessed mother mentioned the following account:

Her father (i.e., the maternal grandfather of Sayyid Maḥmūd Kurdī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه), whose name was Muhammad, said to her, “When I pass away and I am bathed, a small green letter will fall from the roof onto my shroud on which it will be written:

ھٰذِہٖ بَرَاءَ ۃُ مُحَمَّدِنِ العَالِمِ بِعِلْمِہٖ مِنَ النَّار

This is [a declaration of] freedom from the Hellfire for Muhammad the scholar due to his knowledge.

Place that small letter in my shroud.”

Thus, after he was bathed, the letter fell, and after the people had read it, she placed it on his chest. One special thing about that letter was that just as the letter was read from the top, it could also be read from the reverse too.

I asked my honourable mother about the practice of my grandfather. She replied:

 کَانَ اَکْثَرُ عَمَلِہٖ دَوَامُ الذِّکْرِمَعَ کَثْرَۃِ الصَّلٰوۃِ عَلَی النَّبِی

Most of his practice was persistence in the dhikr of Allah