I want to ask whether this durood e shareef is right or not
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Brother
i want to ask whether this durood e shareef is right or not(ALLAH HUMMA
SALLEALAA SAYEIDENA MUHAMMADIN WAALA AALI SAYEIDENA MUHAMMADIN WABAARIK
WASALLIM). and i want to know the method of sending durood on prophet(saws).
jazakallahukhairan
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Answer:
Durood
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy
Quran Chapter 33 Surah Ahzaab verse 56:
Allah and His Angels send blessings on the
Prophet: O ye that believe! Send ye blessings on him and salute him with all
respect.
When the above aayah of the
Quran was revealed the companions asked the Prophet (saws) how should the
believers send salutations to him (saws).
Abu Mas'ud
Al-Ansari reported the following account from Bashir ibn Sa'd: "I asked
Prophet (saws) 'O Messenger of Allah
(saws), Allah has commanded us to invoke
blessings upon you. How should we do
it?' The Messenger of Allah (saws)
remained silent until we wished we had not asked him. Then he told us to say,
'Allahumma salli 'ala muhammadin wa 'ala ali muhammadin kama
sallayta 'ala ali ibrahima, wa barik
'ala muhammadin wa 'ala ali muhammadin kama barakta 'ala ibrahima wa 'ala ali
ibrahima; fil 'alamin, innaka hammidum
majeed. {Narrated by Muslim.}
(O Allah, bless
Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed the family of Ibrahim, and give baraka to Muhammad and the family of
Muhammad as You gave baraka to Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim. In all the worlds, You are worthy of Praise
and Glorious)
Hadrat Abu Dharr Ghaffari (r.a.) said that he
heard the Prophet (saws) saying: 'The most
miserly among people is the one who fails to invoke blessings upon me when my
name is mentioned in his or her presence'.
Related by Tirmidhi.
Whenever one says the Prophet’s (saws) name, or the
Prophet’s (saws) name is mentioned in their midst, it is obligatory for one who
sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day to send salutations of peace and
blessings upon the Prophet (saws).
If one recites the full ‘durood’ or salutation like one
recites in the ‘tashahud’ in prayer as taught by the Messenger of Allah (saws),
it would be best; if one sends a shortened salutation on only the Prophet
Mohamed (saws) and his family, that would suffice to fulfill the command of
Allah Subhanah; and if one sends salutations only upon the Prophet (saws) by
declaring ‘sallalaaho alayhe wa sallam’, that too would suffice.
Your Question:
Brother i want to ask whether this durood e shareef is right or not(ALLAH HUMMA
SALLEALAA SAYEIDENA MUHAMMADIN WAALA AALI SAYEIDENA MUHAMMADIN WABAARIK
WASALLIM).
If one says the above phrases when the name of Prophet
Mohamed (saws) is mentioned in their midst, it would suffice to fulfill their
obligation.
Your Question: and i
want to know the method of sending durood on prophet(saws).
Except for the ‘durood’ one recites in every ‘tashahud’ in
prayer, there is no particular method of sending ‘durood’ upon the Prophet
(saws). Other than in the ‘tashahud’ of
one’s prayer, whenever one says or hears the name of Prophet Mohamed (saws)
being mentioned in their midst, it is required for them to send salutations or
‘durood’ upon the Prophet (saws)….the absolute minimum being ‘salalaah o
alayhai wa-sallam’.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan