his own merciful hands.^[1]

2. All sins forgiven

اَللّٰھُمَّ  صَلِّ  عَلٰی   سَیِّدِنَا   وَ  مَوْلَانَا   مُحَمَّدٍ  وَّ عَلٰی  اٰلِہٖ  وَسَلِّمْ

It is narrated from Sayyidunā Anas رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَنْہُ that the Prophet صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّمَ   stated, “Whoever recites this ṣalāt upon me whilst standing, his sins will be forgiven prior to him sitting; and if he recites it whilst sitting, his sins will be forgiven before he stands.”^[2]

3. Seventy portals of mercy

صَلَّی  اللّٰہُ  عَلٰی  مُحَمَّدٍ

Seventy portals of mercy are opened for whoever recites this ṣalāt.^[3]

4. The reward of 600,000 Duroods

اَللّٰھُمَّ  صَلِّ   عَلٰی   سَیِّدِنَا   مُحَمَّدٍ  عَدَدَ

مَا  فِیْ  عِلْمِ اللّٰہِ  صَلَاۃً   دَ اۤ ئِمَۃًۢ   بِدَوَامِ  مُلْكِ  اللّٰہِ

Shaykh Aḥmad Ṣāwī رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ reports from some saints of Islam that by reciting this ṣalāt once, a person attains the reward of reciting ṣalawāt