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The Virtues of Durood and Salaam
O Allah! Our Rabb, for You alone are all
praises - praises in profusion, Salaat and Salaam in abundance on Your Nabi and Rasool
And Your Pleasure on his Family and his Comapnions perpetually
The Meaning of Salaat and Salaam
Virtues and Significances of Durood
The Benefits of Durood on the Day of Qiyamah
Durood with reference to the Angels
Warning for those who refrain from reciting Durood
The Meaning of Salaat and Salaam
Allah Ta'Alla commands in The Quraan Shareef
O People of Imaan send Salaat (Durood) and Salaam
(Salutation) in abundance on him (Rasoolulah )
According to the Quraan Majeed even Allah Ta'ala and his Angels engage
in Salaat (Durood) on Nabi
In Arabic the term Salaat has several meanings viz. Rahmat (mercy) Dua (supplication) and Madah (praise).
The word Salaam is commonly translated as peace or blessings or salutations
1. Allah Ta'ala 
said:
O people who have accepted Iman! Recite Durood on Rasullah (Surah Ahzaab)
2. Rasulullah said :
Recite Durood on me in abundance on Fridays, for Durood is presented to me (on Fridays). (Abu Dawood, Nisai, Ibni Majah and Ibni Hibban)
3. Rasulullah said :
Recite Durood on me in abundance for it is a purifier for you (Abu Ya'la Musali)
4. Rasulullah said :
When I am mentioned in the presence of someone, he should recite Durood on me. (Nisai, Tibrani, Abu Ya'la, Ahmad)
5. Rasulullah said :
"Whoever speaks of me should recite Durood on me" (Abu Ya'la Musali)
6. Rasulullah said :
"Continue reciting Durood on me. Your Durood reaches me from where ever you are" (Nasai)
Virtues and Significances of Durood
Rasulullah said :
Allah bestows ten
measures of mercy to the one who recites Durood on me; ten of his sins are forgiven; he is
elevated ten ranks and ten virteous deeds are written in his Book of Deeds (Nasai and
Tibrani)
Imam Mustaghfiri (R.A.) narrates that Rasulullah said
:
"Whoever recites 100 times Durood on me daily, 100 of his needs will be fullfilled - 30 worldly needs and 70 pertaining to the Akhirah."
Tibraani narrates that Rasulullah said
:
"My Shafaa'at ( intercession ) will be for him who recites daily ten times Durood on me during the morning and ten times during the evening."
Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A.) said:
"Duas remain suspended between the heaven
and the earth. It does not proceed upward as long as Durood on Nabi has not been recited"
The Benefits of Durood on the Day of Qiyamah
Rasulullah said :
"Send Durood upon me abundantly because in the beginning you will be questioned in the grave about me"
Rasulullah said :
"Your Durood will be the cause of light at the Bridge of Siraat (on the Day of Judgement), he should send Durood on me abundantly"
Rasulullah said :
"Three categories of people will be be under the shadow of the Sublime Throne on the Day of Judgement when there will be no shadow besides it:
(i) The person who removed a misery of a person
(ii) The person who revived one of my Sunnah (way) and
(iii) the person who sent Durood on me Abundantly.
Rasulullah said :
"The person who asked blessings on me abundantly, will be the nearest to me on the Day of Judgement"
Rasulullah said :
The person who sent Durood on me Abundantly will be best saved from the distress and calamities on the Day of Judgement
Kaab Al-Ahbaar (R.A.) narrates that Allah Ta'ala said to Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam)
" Do you desire protection against thirst on the Day of Qiyamah?
Hazrat Musa (alaihis salaam) said: "Yes."
Allah Ta'ala
said:
"Recite Durood abundantly on Muhammad
Durood with reference to the Angels
Imam Ahmad and Ibni Maajah narate that Rasulullah said
:
"The Angels recite Durood for the one who
recites durood for me." In other words , the Angels supplicate for Rahmah(mercy)
for the one who recites Durood. As long as a person recites Durood,the Angel engage in
Dua-eRahmat for him. Rasulullah added: "Now you have a choice of
reciting less Durood or in abundance."
Rasulullah said :
I personally hear the person who recites Durood on me by my Qabr. The Durood which is recited on me from a distance is delivered to me (by the Angels)" (Baihaqi)
It is narrated in Shifaa thatRasulullah said
:
"The Durood recited by a Muslim is delivered to me by an Angel who mentions the name of the person and the words he recited."
Warning for those who refrain from reciting Durood
Rasulullah said :
"A gathering deviod of the mention of
Allah Ta'ala and Durood for Rasulullah will be the cause of regret
on the Day of Judgement even though they will enter Jannah."
Rasulullah said :
"A great miser is he in whose presence I am mentioned and he refrains from reciting Durood on me." (Tirmidhi, Ibni Hibban, Mustadrak)
Rasulullah said :
"May that person be destroyed who refrains from reciting Durood on me when I am mentioned in his presence" (Tirmidhi)
Rasulullah said :
"Whoever forgets to recite Durood on me, has lost the way to Jannat."
