Top 3 Benefits of sending Salawat upon Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
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It is a gesture of love and respect to send Selawat to the Prophet s.a.w. This is the ultimate way to express our gratitude to the beloved s.a.w., aside from following the Prophet’s sunnah.
Rewards will be multiplied into many folds
مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ صَلاَةً صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ بِهَا عَشْراً
“Whoever sends Selawat upon me once, will be blessed for it by Allah ten times.”
In another narration by Imam An-Nasa’i, the reward exceeds more than receiving tenfold of blessings. It also includes the erasing of sins and elevating one’s status in the sight of Allah s.w.t, as if removing one from darkness into light.
من صلَّى عليَّ صلاةً واحدةً صلَّى اللَّهُ عليهِ عشرَ صلواتٍ، وحُطَّت عنهُ عَشرُ خطيئاتٍ، ورُفِعَت لَهُ عشرُ درجاتٍ
“Whoever sends Selawat upon me once, will be blessed by it tenfold, erased by it ten sins, and raised by it ten degrees in status”
(Sunan An-Nasa’i)
Proximity to the Prophet both in this world and the next
Love has the capacity to physically and spiritually reunite hearts and souls, and to love the Prophet s.a.w. is to yearn to be close to him spiritually in this world and, if Allah wills, physically in the next.
In a hadith the Prophet s.a.w said:
أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَكْثَرُهُمْ عَلَىَّ صَلاَةً
“The person closest to me on the Day of Resurrection
is the one who sent the most Selawat upon me.”
(Sunan At-Tirmizi)
Allows one to be free of anxiety and anxieties
The Prophet s.a.w promised that by constant remembrance, one will be freed from worries of worldly affairs. As mentioned in the hadith narrated by Ubay ibn Ka’ab r.a:
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي أُكْثِرُ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْكَ فَكَمْ أَجْعَلُ لَكَ مِنْ صَلَاتِي؟ فَقَالَ: مَا شِئْتَ. قَالَ قُلْتُ الرُبُعَ؟ قَالَ: مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنْ زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ. قُلْتُ النِّصْفَ؟ قَالَ: مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنْ زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ. قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالثُّلُثَيْنِ؟ قَالَ: مَا شِئْتَ فَإِنْ زِدْتَ فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَكَ. قُلْتُ أَجْعَلُ لَكَ صَلَاتِي كُلَّهَا؟ قَالَ: إِذًا تُكْفَى هَمَّكَ وَيُغْفَرُ لَكَ ذَنْبُكَ
“O Messenger of Allah, I frequently invoke Allah to send Selawat upon you. How much of my supplication should I devote to you (Selawat)?” He said, “You may devote as much as you wish.”
When I suggested “a quarter”, he said, “Do whatever you wish, but it will be better for you if you increase it.” I suggested “a half”, he replied, “Do whatever you wish, but it will be better for you if you increase it.” I suggested “two-thirds”, he then said, “Do whatever you wish but it will be better for you if you increase it.” I said, “Shall I devote all my supplications to send Selawat upon you?”
He said, “Then you will be freed from your worries and your sins will be forgiven.”
(Sunan At-Tirmizi)
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