Importance of sending blessings to rasulullah salla Allahu alayhi wasalam

 Importance of sending blessings to rasulullah salla Allahu alayhi wasalam

 Narrated by at-Tirmidhi (2457), Ahmad (20736), Ibn Abi Shaybah in al-Musannaf (8706), ‘Abd ibn Humayd in al-Musnad (170) and al-Bayhaqi in ash-Shu‘ab (1579): 

It was narrated that Ubayy ibn Ka‘b (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 

I said: O Messenger of Allah, I send a great deal of blessings upon you; how much of my du‘aa’ should be sending blessings upon you? He said: “Whatever you wish.” I said: One quarter? He said: “Whatever you wish, and if you do more, that will be better for you.” I said: One half? He said: “Whatever you wish and if you do more, that will be better for you.” I said: Two thirds? He said: “Whatever you wish and if you do more, that will be better for you.” I said: I will make all of my du‘aa’ for you. He said: “Then your concerns will be taken care of and your sins will be forgiven.” 

At-Tirmidhi said: A saheeh hasan hadith. It was classed as hasan by al-Mundhiri in at-Targheeb wa’t-Tarheeb, and by al-Haafiz in al-Fath (11/168). In ash-Shu‘ab (2/215), al-Bayhaqi indicated that it is qawiy. It was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh at-Targheeb (1670) and elsewhere. 

Mulla ‘Ali al-Qaari said:

“I will make all of my du‘aa’ for you” i.e., I will spend the time I used to spend offering du‘aa’ for myself in sending blessings upon you.

“Then your concerns will be taken care of” al-Abhari said: i.e., if you spend all the time in which you offer du‘aa’ sending blessings upon me, whatever concerns you have will be taken care of. 

At-Toorbashti said: What this hadith means is: how much should I allocate to you of the time I spend in du‘aa’ for myself? 

“Then your concerns will be taken care of” i.e., whatever concerns you have in your religious or worldly affairs. That is because sending blessings upon him involves mentioning Allah and venerating His Messenger, and being preoccupied with fulfilling his rights, thus being distracted from one’s own aims and goals. 

Mirqaat al-Mafaateeh Sharh Mishkaat al-Masaabeeh (4/16-17) 

Ibn ‘Allaan al-Bakri (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

The reason why one’s concerns will be taken care of if he spends that time sending blessings on the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) is that it involves complying with the command of Allah, may He be exalted, and remembering and venerating Him, and venerating His Messenger. So in fact the worshipper does not miss out on anything by diverting his time to sending blessings upon the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). Rather, by engaging in this great praise of the Prophet he will attain something better than what he had been asking for himself, and in addition to that he will attain the tenfold blessing of Allah and the prayer His angels, in addition to what may be added to that of great reward that cannot be matched by any other. What benefits could be greater than these? How could a worshipper attain anything like it, let alone anything more precious than it? How could his du‘aa’ for himself equal any of these unmatchable virtues? 

Daleel al-Faaliheen li Turuq Riyaadh as-Saaliheen (5/6-7) 

Ash-Shawkaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

The words “Then your concerns will be taken care of and ypur sins will be forgiven” in these two virtues is best that one could hope to attain in theis world and the hereafter, because if Allah takes care of a person’s concerns, he will be free from trials and troubles in this world, because every trial inevitably causes some concern, even if it is little. And if Allah forgives a person’s sins, he will be safe from the trials of the hereafter, because nothing dooms a person to suffering in the hereafter except his sins.