" Ignorant people who do not possess full understanding of the meaning inunediately raise the objection: 'How strange that AIlah commands us to send darud on His Prophet, but we, in return, implore AIlah that He should send it | For example, see Al-Baqarah: 49-50, AI-i-'Imran: 11, AI-A'raf; 130, Al-Mu'min: 46 |
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On this very basis Hadrat 'Umar bin 'Abdul 'Aziz once wrote to one of his governors, saying: "I hear that some preachers have started using the word salat in respect of their patrons and supporters in the manner of salat 'alas-Nabi | In my opinion the correct interpretation is this though the real knowledge is with Allah : Allah blessed the Prophet Abraham in particular with something with which He has blessed no one else in the world, and it is this: AlI those human beings who regard the Prophethood and the Revelation and the Book as the source of guidance are agreed on the leadership of the Prophet Abraham, whether they are Muslims or Christians or Jews |
A few points concerning them should be understood clearly: First, in aII these the Holy Prophet tells the Muslims that the best way of sending darud and Salat on him is that they should pray to Allah, saying, "O God: send darud on Muhanunad.
May AIlah protect us from this! But when this word is used for the servants, whether angels or men, it will be in alI the three meanings | The people have found it difficult to understand this |
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Therefore, pray only to Allah to bless me with Salat | This darud with a little difference in wording has been reported by Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Da'ud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Imam Ahmad, Ibn Abi Shaibah, 'Abdur Razzaq, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir on the authority of Hadrat Ka'b bin 'Ujrah |
Malik, Ahmad, Bukhari, Muslim, Nasa'i, Abu Da'ud, Ibn Majah | The disbelievers everywhere have turned his enemies only because he has done you these favours; otherwise personally he has not done any harm to anyone |
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Swahili - Al-Barwani : Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu na Malaika wake wanamsalia Nabii Enyi mlio amini Msalieni na mumsalimu kwa salamu• Melayu - Basmeih : Sesungguhnya Allah dan malaikatNya berselawat memberi segala penghormatan dan kebaikan kepada Nabi Muhammad saw; wahai orangorang yang beriman berselawatlah kamu kepadanya serta ucapkanlah salam sejahtera dengan penghormatan yang sepenuhnya• As soon as you receive this letter, stop them from this practice and command them to use Salat exclusively for the Prophets and remain content with the prayer for the other Muslims | This was the rime when the enemies of Islam were making alI sorts of false allegations against the Holy Prophet in order to satisfy their jealousy on the success of Faith, By sullying him they thought they would destroy his moralinfluence through which Islam and the Muslims were gaining more and more ground every day |
Imam Shafe' i holds the view that it is obligatory to recite salat on the Prophet during tashahhud in the final sitting of the Prayer, for without it the Prayer would be void.
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