Sending peace and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad is not only highly virtuous but something many Muslims are unfortunately not doing enough. In hopes of inspiring you to pick up the great habit of consistently sending blessings on the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , we have put together a short list of benefits one achieves by doing so.
You are
fulfilling a command of Allah
Allah clearly
commands the believers in the Quran to send blessings on the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
“Indeed, Allah
and His Angels send blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels. O you who have
believed, ask [Allah to send] blessing upon him and peace”
Quran
33:56
All your
concerns will be lifted
When the
companion Ubai Ibn Ka’ab asked the Messenger what would happen if he
dedicated all of his supplications towards sending blessings on the Prophet
Muhammad ﷺ .
The Prophet
replied “Your needs will be satisfied and your sins will be forgiven”.
Ubai bin Ka’ab
(may Allah be pleased with him), who said; ‘I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I
supplicate often, so how much of my supplication should I devote to you?’ He
replied, ‘as you desire’. I said, ‘a quarter of it?’ He said ‘as you desire,
but if you were to increase upon this, it would be better for you.’ I said,
‘half of it?’ He said, ‘as you desire, but if you were to increase upon this,
it would be better for you.’ I said, ‘two-thirds of it?’ He said again,
‘as you desire, but if you were to increase upon this, it would be better for
you.’ Finally I said, ‘and if I dedicate my supplication in its entirety to
you?’ He said, ‘then your needs will be satisfied, and your sins forgiven.’
(Sahih Musnad
Ahmed)
Allah will
send blessings on you
The Prophet
Muhammad ﷺ said: “Whoever sends blessings upon me, Allah will send blessings
upon him tenfold”.
(Sahih Muslim,
384).
The Prophet
will receive and return your greetings
Abdullah ibn
Mas’ood said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Allah has angels who go
around on earth, conveying to me the Salaam of my Ummah.”
(An-Nisa’i)
Abu Hurayrah
narrated that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “There is no one who sends
Salaam upon me, but Allaah will restore to me my soul so that I may return his
Salaam.”
(Abi
Dawood Sahih)
Your sins
will be forgiven
Anas Ibn Malak
reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever sends blessings
upon me once, Allah… will erase ten sins from him, and will raise him ten
degrees in status.”
(An-Nisa’i
Sahih)
It will draw
you closer to the Prophet
‘Abdullah ibn
Mas‘ood that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “The closest of people to
me on the Day of Resurrection will be those who sent the most blessings upon
me.”
(At-Tirmidhi,
484)
Imam Nawawi
states, “Nearest to me” signifies “those who are most entitled to my intercession”.
It helps your
Duaa get accepted
Umar Ibn Khattab
said, “Duaa is suspended between heaven and earth and none of it is taken up
until you send blessings upon your Prophet ﷺ”.
(At-Tirmidhi)
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