The Merits of Sending Prayers Upon the Messenger – Nur Foundation for Sacred Sciences
Nur Foundation for Sacred Sciences
Abridged translation from al-Taqarrub ilā Allāh and al-Ṣalāh ʿalā al-nabī by the late scholar and muḥaddith ʿAbd Allāh Sirāj al- Dīn al-Ḥusayni
13) Prayers Upon Him are a Significant Means of Easing the Crossing of the Sirat (Bridge in the Hereafter)
Al-Ḥāfiẓ Abū Mūsā al-Madīnī and others have related on the authority of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Samura (R) saying that the Messenger of God (PBUH) came out of the mosque one day and said, “…I saw a man from my community who was dragging himself on the sirat one time and crawling another time, then the prayers he sent upon me took him by the hand and made him firm on the sirat until he crossed it.”
14) Sending Prayers Upon Him are a Means of Having the Name of the Sender Presented to the Prophet (PBUH) and its Being Mentioned in His Noble Presence
Al-Bazzār has related on the authority of ʿAmmār b. Yāsir (R) saying, the Messenger of God (PBUH) said, “God the Exalted has assigned an angel by my grave who has been given the names of all creation. Nobody sends prayers upon me until the Day of Judgment except that he informs me with his name and the name of his father that: ‘So and so the son [or daughter] of so and so has sent prayers upon you.’”
Al-Ṭabarānī has related in al-Kabir that the Messenger of God (PBUH) said, “God has an angel to whom he gave the ability to hear the servants [on the earth]. There is not a person who sends prayers upon me except that I am informed of it. And I have asked of my Lord that nobody sends a prayer upon me except that God reciprocates him with ten of its likeness.”
It is of sufficient honor, nobility, and esteem for a Muslim that his name be mentioned in the noble presence of the Messenger of God may peace and blessings be upon him!
15) Sending Prayers Upon the Prophet (PBUH) is an Essential Means of Instilling Love in the Servant’s Heart for the Messenger of God (PBUH) and It is in Turn a Means of Evoking the Prophet’s (PBUH) Love for their Sender
Al-Tirmidhī relates on the authority of Ibn Masʿūd (R) saying, “The Messenger of God (PBUH) said, ‘The most worthy people of me on the Day of Judgment are those who used to send the most prayers upon me.’” Ibn Ḥibbān has also transmitted this in his Sahih.
Thus the most worthy people of his (PBUH) love, nearness, and his exclusive intercession are those who used to send the most prayers upon him.
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