commanded to perform it, then it is only sending Salat upon the noble Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. (Shan-e-Habeeb-ur-Rahman, pp. 183; summarised)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic sisters! Over here, keep in mind the fact that although the same word has been referred to Allah Almighty, angels and believers, but its meanings change depending on whom it is referred to.

Imam Baghawi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: ‘Salat of Allah Almighty is to ‘shower mercy’, whereas our Salat means to supplicate for the mercy.’ (Sharh-us-Sunnah, vol. 2, pp. 280)

One question arises here that when Allah Almighty is showering mercies upon His beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم Himself, then why did He command us to recite Salat upon the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, i.e. supplicate for mercy? You ask for something that you do not already possess. So, when mercies are already descending, then why have we been commanded to supplicate for them?

While explaining this, the renowned commentator of the Holy Quran, Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na'eemi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه states: O reciters of Salat and Salam! Never ever assume that My (Lord) mercies are dependent upon your supplications to be showered upon My Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and that My beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is in need of your recitation of Salat and Salam. Regardless of whether you recite Salat upon him or not, My mercies continuously keep showering upon him. Your birth took place now and you started reciting Salat and Salam recently. Mercies are showering upon the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم since even ‘then’ and ‘when’ did not exist. Mercies are being showered upon him even before the existence of ‘where’ and ‘there’. Making you recite Salat and