Glad tidings of freedom from the Hellfire

Sayyid Mahmood Kurdi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: My beloved mother told me that her father (i.e. grandfather of Sayyid Mahmood Kurdi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه), whose name was Muhammad, left me a will saying that ‘when I pass away and have been given a bath, then a small green coloured letter will fall on my shroud from the roof. It will be written on it that ‘ھٰذِہٖ بَرَاءَ ۃُ مُحَمَّدِ_نِ العَالِمِ بِعِلْمِہٖ مِنَ النَّار’i.e. Muhammad, who is a scholar, has attained freedom from the Hellfire due to knowledge.” Place that small letter inside my shroud.’ Therefore, that letter fell down after the bath was given to him. When people had read it, I placed it on his chest.

One special thing about the letter was that the way it was readable from the front of the page, similarly, it was readable from the back of the page as well. I asked my beloved mother that ‘what action did grandfather use to perform?’ My mother replied: ‘کَانَ اَکْثَرُ عَمَلِہٖ دَوَامُ الذِّکْرِمَعَ کَثْرَۃِ الصَّلٰوۃِ عَلَی النَّبِی’ i.e. What he used to do was that along with performing Zikr of Allah Almighty, he would always recite Salat upon the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم abundantly too.(Sa’adat-ud-Daarayn, pp. 152)

صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد                      صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب

O devotees of Rasool! Have you heard that what a great action reciting Salat upon the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is? By the virtue of it, a letter of attaining salvation from the Hellfire was revealed before people. Those who would have witnessed this blessing of reciting Salat upon the Holy Rasool
صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم with their own eyes, they would have developed a mind-set of reciting Salat and Salam upon the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

We should also develop the habit of reciting Salat upon the Holy Rasoolصَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم abundantly while walking, sitting down, getting up and at all times. Several books have been written on the virtues of reciting Salat and Salam upon the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Remember! Ink of pen can