Book Name:Mankind and the Station of Khilafah
Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is a unique act, such that when one hears its virtues, the heart longs to recite it again and again. Reflect for a moment: when the pure name of my and your beloved Prophetصَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is mentioned before someone, and out of love, respect, and devotion, not a hundred times, not a thousand times, not a million times, but just once, he sends ṣalāt upon the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the angels supplicate for his forgiveness. Allah Almighty Himself says āmīn to this!
سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه Just think: When angels pray for someone’s forgiveness and the Creator Himself says āmīn, will such a fortunate person ever be deprived of forgiveness? No! Never! By the mercy of Allah and by the intercession of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, the reciter of ṣalāt will - اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه - enter Paradise behind the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
قَالَ اللہُ تَبَارَکَ وَ تَعَالٰی فِی الْقُرْآنِ الْکَرِیْم
وَ اِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلٰٓىٕكَةِ اِنِّیْ جَاعِلٌ فِی الْاَرْضِ خَلِیْفَةًؕ-قَالُوْۤا اَتَجْعَلُ فِیْهَا مَنْ یُّفْسِدُ فِیْهَا وَ یَسْفِكُ الدِّمَآءَۚ-وَ نَحْنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمْدِكَ وَ نُقَدِّسُ لَكَؕ-قَالَ اِنِّیْۤ اَعْلَمُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُوْنَ(۳۰)
صَدَقَ اللہُ الْعَظِیْم وَ صَدَقَ رَسُوْلُہُ النَّبِیُّ الْکَرِیْم صلّی اللہ ُ عَلَیْہِ وَ آلِہٖ وَسَلَّم
And remember when your Lord said to the Angels, “I am about to make a vicegerent (khalīfa) upon the earth.” They said, “Will you appoint upon it one who will create discord therein and shed blood, while we glorify You through Your praise and state Your purity?” He said, “I know that which you do not know.”[1]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد