Book Name:Darood o Salam Ke Fazail
Almighty with abundant ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.[1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
O devotees of the Prophet! You heard that sending an abundance of ṣalāt on the Prophet is such an excellent deed that through its blessings, the people witnessed a person receiving freedom from Hell before their eyes. Those who saw this blessing of sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم with their own eyes must have attained the mindset to recite ṣalāt upon him too.
Whether sitting, standing or walking, we should also get into a habit of sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم at all times. Countless books have been written on the virtues of sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and the scholars of Islam also mention its excellences from time to time.
Know that the ink of the pens can finish, words can come to an end, but the virtues of sending ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم cannot be fully explained. This is such a beautiful action that Allah Almighty Himself, as well as His angels, do it. Just as it is mentioned in verse 56 of Sūrah al-Aḥzāb, where Allah Almighty states:
اِنَّ اللّٰہَ وَ مَلٰٓئِکَتَہٗ یُصَلُّوۡنَ عَلَی النَّبِیِّ ؕ یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا صَلُّوۡا عَلَیۡہِ وَ سَلِّمُوۡا تَسۡلِیۡمًا (۵۶)
Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Conveyor of the unseen news (i.e. Prophet). O believers! (You too) send blessings and abundant salutations upon him.
It is stated in Tafsīr Rūḥ al-Bayān:
After this verse was revealed, the beloved Prophet’s luminous face began to radiate with joy, and he صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said,