Beware! Do not kiss or touch the blessed golden grilles, for this is against etiquette, as our hands are not worthy of touching the blessed golden grilles. Therefore, remain at a distance of four arm-lengths (two yards). Is it anything short of a great honour that the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has called you close to his blessed chamber, and that his generous gaze is especially upon you?’ (Bahar-e-Shari’at, vol. 1, pp. 1224-1225, summarised)

Now, with respect and devotion, in an emotional voice that is neither so loud that it ruins your deeds nor too quiet, as this is also against the Sunnah, rather, in a moderate tone, present your Salam in these words:

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ اَیُّھَا النَّبِیُّ وَرَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہِ وَ بَرَکَاتُہ ، اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَارَسُوْلَ اللّٰہِ ، اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَاخَیْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰہِ ، اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ یَاشَفِیْعَ الْمُذْنِبِیْنَ ، اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَیْکَ وَعَلٰی اٰلِکَ وَاَصْحَابِکَ وَاُمَّتِکَ اَجْمَعِیْنَ

Translation: May peace be upon you, O Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and the mercy and blessings of Allah Almighty. Peace be upon you, O Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Peace be upon you, O best of Allah’s creation. Peace be upon you, O intercessor of the sinful. Peace be upon you, your family, your companions and all of your Ummah.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Imam Qastalani narrates the following: ‘Whosoever stands before the noble grave of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and recites this verse

اِنَّ اللّٰهَ وَ مَلٰٓىٕكَتَهٗ یُصَلُّوْنَ عَلَى النَّبِیِّؕ-

(Part 22, Surah Al-Ahzaab, 56)

Then recites ‘صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْکَ یَامُحَمَّد’ 70 times, the angels reply by saying, ‘O so-and-so! May the mercy of Allah be upon you’, and no need of his remains unfulfilled.’ (Al-Mawahib-ul-Ladunniyyah, vol. 3, p. 412)