Receive the Intercession of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam)

عَن رُوَيفِع بْنِ ثَابِت الأنصَارِي رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنهُ أًنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَقَالَ اَلَّلهُمَّ أَنْزِلْهُ المقعَدَ المقَرَّبَ عِنْدَكَ يَومَ القِيَامَة وَجَبَتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَتِي (مسند أحمد)

Hadhrat Ruwayfi’ bin Thaabit Al-Ansaari (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “Whosoever recites the following durood will be blessed with my intercession on the day of Qiyaamah:

اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَنْزِلْهُ المقْعَدَ المقَرَّبَ عِنْدَكَ يَومَ القِيَامَة وَجَبَتْ لَهُ شَفَاعَتِي

O Allah, shower your choicest durood (blessings) on Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and grant him the lofty position of maqaam-e-mahmood on the day of Qiyaamah

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The Special Durood of Imaam Shaafi’ee (Rahmatullahi Alaihi)

In “Rowdhatul Ahbaab”, Imaam Isma’eel ibn Ebraheem Muzni (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) (one of Imaam Shaafi’ee (Rahmatullahi Alaihi)’s famous students) reports, “I once saw Imaam Shaafi’ee (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) in a dream after his death and asked him, ‘How did Allah Ta’ala treat you?’ Imaam Shaafi’ee (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) replied, ‘Allah Ta’ala has pardoned me and commanded that I be escorted into Paradise with honour and respect. I have acquired all this through the blessings of one particular durood which I used to recite upon Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).’ I enquired, ‘Which durood is that?’ Imaam Shaafi’ee (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) replied:

اللّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ كُلَّمَا ذَكَرَهُ الذَّاكِرُونَ وَ كُلَّمَا غَفَلَ عَن ذِكْرِهِ الْغَافِلُونَ

O Allah Ta’ala! Bestow mercy upon Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) equivalent to the number of times that all those remember him, and bestow mercy upon Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) equivalent to the number of times that all those forget to remember him. (Fazaail Durood)

عَن سَهلٍ بنِ عَبدِ اللهِ رَضِي اللهُ عَنهُ قَالَ مَن قَالَ فِي يَومِ الجُمُعَةِ بَعدَ العَصرِ اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَ عَلَى آَلِهِ وَ سَلِّمْ ثَمَانِينَ مَرّةً غُفِرَت لَهُ ذُنُوبُ ثَمَانِينَ عَامًا. (القول البديع)

It is reported by Hadhrat Sahl ibn Abdullah (Radhiallahu Anhu ): “Whosoever recites the following durood eighty times after Asr salaah on Friday, his sins of eighty years will be forgiven

اللهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ وَ عَلَى آَلِهِ وَ سَلِّمْ

 O Allah, shower your choicest durood and peace on Hadhrat Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) the unlettered Nabi, and on his family.

Writing Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam in Full

Ubaydullaah bin Umar Qawaareeri (Rahmatullahi Alaihi) says, “I had a close companion who was a writer by profession. After his demise I had once seen him in a dream and enquired from him as to how Allah Ta’ala had dealt with him. He replied that Allah Ta’ala had forgiven him. I asked him the reason. He said, ‘It was my habit during my lifetime that whenever I wrote the blessed name of Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), I always wrote ‘Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam’ after the mubaarak name. Allah Ta’ala loved this action so much, that He had granted me bounties that no eye has ever seen, nor no ear has ever heard and neither did the thought of such boons and bounties ever cross the mind of any person.’”  (Fazaail Durood)