We feel inherently obliged to show gratitude to those who benefit us. And who more worthy (among man) of our gratitude than the one who strove to ensure the knowledge of the Divine reaches us?
I thought I’d write something up for this. But then I decided – sometimes you don’t need anything further to explain it.
Please do not forget to send salutations at each and every reference and mention.
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“Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you who believe! Send blessings upon Him, and salute Him with all respect” (Quran 33:56)
“Whoever sends one blessing upon me, Allah will send ten blessings upon him” (Hadith:Muslim)
“Your invoking blessings upon him is, in reality, praying for yourself, since the benefits of it are returning to you” (Abu Muhammad al-Marjani : al-Qawl al-Badi’)
Related from Ubayy ibn Ka’b who said, “I asked, ‘O messenger of Allah, I would like to increase my prayers for blessings on you. How much of my invocations should I devote to this?’ He replied, ‘As much as you like.’ I asked, ‘One quarter?’ He said, ‘As much as you like, but the more you do, the better it is for you.’ So I asked, ‘One half?’ He said, ‘As much as you like, but the more you do, the better it is for you.’ So I said, ‘Two thirds then?’ He said ‘As much as you like, but the more you do, the better it is for you.’ So I said, ‘I will devote my entire time for invocation for you.’ To this he said, ‘Then your concerns will be taken care of and your sins will be forgiven.’” (Tirmidhi)
The reason we are commanded to ask Allah to send blessings and peace upon him, as opposed to doing it ourselves, is as quoted by Shams ad-Din as-Sakhawi from Marghinani: “Because he is the pure one, without blemish, and we are with flaws and blemishes. So how can the one with flaws praise the one without? Therefore, we ask Allah to send blessings on him so that the blessings are from the Pure Lord upon the Pure Prophet.” (al-Qawl al-Badi’)
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“O Allah, Bless Muhammad as You have commanded us to bless him;
O Allah, bless Muhammad as much as he is deserving (of that blessing);
O Allah, bless Muhammad as much as Your love and good pleasure for him”
“O Allah, bless the spirit of Muhammad among the spirits, bless the body of Muhammad among the bodies, and bless the grave of Muhammad among the graves”
Peace upon Allah’s chosen servants. Peace upon the messengers.
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