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.”^[1]

6. The ṣalāt of intercession

اَللّٰہُمَّ  صَلِّ  عَلٰی  مُحَمَّدٍ  وَّ  اَنْزِلْہُ  الْمَقْعَدَ الْمُقَرَّبَ  عِنْدَكَ  یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَۃِ

The Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated, “My intercession becomes necessary (wājib) for whoever recites ṣalāt like this.”^[2]

1. Good deeds for 1000 days

جَزَی  اللّٰہُ  عَنَّا  مُحَمَّدًا  مَا  ھُوَ  اَھْلُہٗ

Ibn ꜤAbbās رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا reports that the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم declared, “Seventy angels write good deeds for a thousand days for whoever recites this.”^[3]

2. An easy way to spend every night in worship

The Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Whoever recites this supplication three times at night; it is as though he found Laylat al-Qadr.”^[4]

لَاۤ   اِلٰهَ   اِلَّا  اللّٰهُ  الْحَلِيْمُ  الْكَرِيْمُ سُبْحٰنَ  اللّٰهِ  رَبِّ  السَّمٰوٰتِ  السَّبْعِ   وَ  رَبِّ  الْعَرْشِ  الْعَظِيْم