“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Salat o salam

There are three imporant words in this verse, namely:

1) Yusalluna — they send blessings

2) Sallim・— salute

3) Taslim・— respect

Yusallûna—–it means worship or du‘â’, prayer,sense of nearness and proximity

Then he (Muhammad) approached, came closer and was at the distance of two bow-lengths or (even) nearer. Qur’an (an-Najm) 53/8-9.

And Allah and His Messenger have greater right, that he should be gratified. Qur’an (at-Tawbah) 9/62.

yusallûna signifies a worshipper wanting correction of his inner and outer self by prayers and other worships.

Sallimû—-Believers are also being asked to salute. It is not sufficient just to send simple salât upon the Prophet ﷺbut to salute him too, acknowledging his high rank and status.

 the command of salât and salâm is the magnification of Divine remembrance.

 

Taslîmâ—Reverence and respect for the holy Prophet ﷺmust never be absent in any matters peraining to him.

 

salat

One who offers salât, Allah exalts him, forgives his sins and Allah’s blessings are upon him. There is also no guarantee of the acceptance of a du‘â’ (supplication) without invoking blessings on the Prophet (ﷺ).

In sending salât, the reward is fixed by Allah (SWT). A Muslim will receive his tenfold reward or expiation of ten sins. In the case of sending peace and blessings, a Muslim receives manifold blessings in return.

In fact both of them(salat and salaam) should be sent according to the commandment.

Fadâlah bin ‘Ubayd reported: Allah’s Messenger ﷺwas sitting amongst us, there entered a person and he prayed as saying, “O Allah! Forgive me, have mercy upon me.” Thereupon Allah’s Messenger ﷺsaid, “O worshipper! You have made haste in praying. When you pray and sit (at the end) laud Allah of what He is worthy of and send blessings upon me and then supplicate Him.” The narrator said: Then another man prayed after him and he lauded Allah and invoked blessings of Allah upon the Prophet (ﷺ), and the Prophet ﷺsaid to him, “O worshipper! Make a supplication and it would be responded.” Tirmidhî related in al-Jâmi‘-us-sahîh, b. of da‘wât (supplications)ch.65 (5: 516 # 3476) and graded it hasan.

He who invokes blessings upon me once, Allah showers ten blessings upon him and obliterates (his) ten sins and elevates him by ten ranks. Nasâ’î, Sunan, b. of sahw

Once ‘Umar bin Khattâb (RA) said The supplication is stopped between the heaven and the earth and nothing of it ascends, till you invoke blessing on your Prophet (ﷺ). Tirmidhî related in al-Jâmi‘-us-sahîh, b. of salât (prayer) ch.352(2: 356 # 486).

A Believer who sends prayers receives spiritual wages in the form of forgiveness and blessings form Allah (SWT).

The one who will be nearest me on the Day of Resurrection will be the one who invoked most blessings on me. Tirmidhî in his Sunan, b. of salât (prayer), ch. 352 (2: 354 # 484);

‘Abd-ur-Rahmân bin ‘Awf (RA) narrates that the Prophet ﷺsaid: I met Jibril who said: I give you good news that Allah has said, “Whosoever asks for peace for you,

I ask for peace for him, whosoever blesses you, I bless him.”– Muhammad Hâkim transmitted it in al-Mustadrak (1:222-3) and Dhahabî also confirmed it; Bayhaqî in Sunan-ul-kubrâ (2:371 & 9:286); Qâdî ‘Iyâd in ash-Shifâ, 2:650.

The angels will continue to bless anyone who blesses me, as long as he continues to do so, so the servant should either reduce or enhance this.- Ibn Mâjah, Sunan, b. of iqâmat-us-salât was-sunnah fîhâ(establishing prayer and its sunnahs) ch.25 (1:294#907)

Whosoever asks for peace on me ten times, it is as if he has freed a slave- Qâdî ‘Iyâd, ash-Shifâ, 2:653.

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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