Book Name:The Incident of the People of the Trench
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.[1]
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.”[2]
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.”[3]
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.”[4]