before he stands.”^[1]

3. 70 portals of mercy

صَلَّی  اللّٰہُ  عَلٰی  مُحَمَّدٍ

Seventy portals of mercy are opened for whoever recites this ṣalāt.^[2]

4. The reward of 600,000 ṣalāt

اَللّٰھُمَّ  صَلِّ   عَلٰی   سَیِّدِنَا   مُحَمَّدٍ  عَدَدَمَا  فِیْ  عِلْمِ اللّٰہِ  صَلَاۃً   دَ اۤ ئِمَۃًۢ   بِدَوَامِ  مُلْكِ  اللّٰہِ

Shaykh Aḥmad Ṣāwī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه reports from some saints of Islam that whoever recites this ṣalāt once receives the reward of reciting ṣalāt 600,000 times.^[3]

5. Nearness to Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

اَللّٰھُمَّ  صَلِّ  عَلٰی  مُحَمَّدٍ  کَمَا   تُحِبُّ  وَ  تَرضٰی  لَہٗ

Once, a person came to the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Amazingly, the Prophet    صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم made this person sit between himself and Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq    رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ. The Companions were surprised as to who this honoured person was. When he left, the Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم explained, “When he sends ṣalāt upon me, he does so in these words.”^[4]