Excellence of sending ṣalāt upon the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

As narrated by the Companion Abū Hurayrah رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ, the final Prophet of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم declared:

مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيَّ عِنْدَ قَبْرِي وُكِّلَ بِهَا مَلَكٌ يَبْلُغَنِي، وَكُفِي بِهَا اَمْرَ دُنْيَاهُ وَآخِرَتِهِ، وَكُنْتُ لَهُ شَهِيدًا اَوْ شَفِیْعًا

‘Whoever gives salam to me near my grave, Allah shall appoint an angel over it who will convey it to me. Through it, he will be sufficed in his matters of the world and Hereafter.’

The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم then either said: ‘I shall be a witness for him/I will intercede for him.’^[1]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

O those who love Allah’s Messenger! One of the best opportunities one can have in life is to visit the sacred, sanctified, blessed and holy city of Madinah. This is the very city our beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is in; the same Prophet whose kalimah we have read, whose love fills our hearts, and who we expectantly hope to intercede for us. This is the same city in which the golden gates of his shrine are found. This is the same place Muslims the world over come to visit and where they fold their hands in respect and lower their heads in humility. With their hearts surging with love and tears falling from their eyes, this is where they present their salam to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

Doing this is nothing short of an indescribable privilege and honour. Yet, the generosity of Allah is boundless. A person comes to Madinah, attains the honour of presenting his salam to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, and amazingly, Allah even appoints an angel who conveys this salam to the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.