مَنْ صَلّٰی عَلَیَّ فِیْ یَوْمٍ مِائَۃَ مَرَّۃٍ قَضَی اللہُ لَہُ مِائَۃَ حَاجَۃٍ سَبْعِیْنَ مِنْہَا لِاٰخِرَتِہٖ وَ ثَلاَثِیْنَ مِنْہَا لِدُنْیَاہُ

Translation: “Whosoever sends Salat upon me 100 times in a day, Allah will fulfil 100 of his needs; 70 of the Hereafter and 30 of this world.”^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: اَفْضَلُ الْعَمَلِ اَلنِّيَّۃُ الصَّادِقَۃُ A truthful intention is the best action.^[2] O devotees of the Prophet! Get into the habit of making good intentions before every action, because a good intention can be the cause of entering Paradise. Before listening to the Bayan, make good intentions. For example, you will listen to the entire Bayan to gain the knowledge of Islam; you will sit in a respectful manner; you will refrain from laziness during the bayan; you will listen to the bayan to reform yourself, and whatever you hear and learn, you will attempt to pass onto others.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Yellow-Faced cobbler

There is a beautiful book of Maktaba-tul-Madinah, known as, “Uyoon ul-Hikayaat”, which contains many fascinating accounts of our pious predecessors. Here is one incident that will refresh your faith:

Sayyiduna Khuld bin Ayyub رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه states: A worshipper from Bani Israel spent 60 years on top of a mountain in the worship of Allah. One night, he had a dream in which someone said: “So-and-so cobbler spends more time in worship than you, and his rank is higher than yours”. After waking up, the worshipper thought about the dream and