EXCELLENCES OF DUROOD SHAREEF Q 1: Is recitation of Durood Shareef proved by the Holy Qur-aan or by Hadees? A. There are countless Ahaadees (Prophetic sayings) in respect of Durood Shareef (invocation of Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet) and the Holy Quran says: Innal Laaha wa Malaa-ikatahoo Yu-Salloona Alan Nabeiy. Yaaa Aieyuhal Lazeena Aamanoo Salloo Alaiehi wa Sallimoo Tasleemaa. (Undoubtedly, Allah and His Angels shower blessings on this Communicator of unseen news (Prophet). O you believers! invoke on him blessings profusely and salute him in the best way). This Quranic verse clearly and concisely states: 1. Durood Shareef is greater than all Divine commands and injunctions, for, no other command carries the wording of Allah and His Angels do it and you also do so than Durood Shareef. 2. All Angels sans any exception send benedictions and blessings upon him. 3. This command addresses only to the believers. 4. This command of Allah Almighty is absolute one without any exemption or exclusion that it should be recited at such and such time and should not be recited at so and so time. 5. Whatever time Durood Shareef is recited it will be deemed to have been done in compliance to the said command. 6. Every time the believer recites Durood Shareef he will earn the reward of obligatory act (Fard,Farz), as this Divine command embraces all other commands. The more he recites it the more he gains the reward of Fard act. For instance, the recitation of only one Quranic verse is obligatory in one Rakat of a prayer but if the whole Quran is recited therein it will still come under Fard and the believer will earn the reward accordingly. Faqra-oo Maa Ta-yassara Minal Qur-aan (recite from the Quran as much as is easy for you) is applicable to all this. 7. Complete Durood Shareef is only that one which contains Salaat-o-Salaam i.e. Durood and Salaam (blessing, benediction and peace, salutation) as the Quranic verse stresses on the recitation of both Durood and Salaam. 8. The Holy Quran has not fixed any Seeghah (a particular form of words) for Durood Shareef. So the recitation of every that Seeghah is lawful which combines Durood and Salaam. 9. The Quranic verse has not fixed,determined any form, gathering or sitting for the recitation of Durood Shareef. So it can be recited in sitting or standing posture, in privacy or in public or with public i.e. in chorus and in low voice or aloud which is a lawful, commendable and praiseworthy act in Shariah. 10. The recitation of Salaat-o-Salaam by the lovers and votaries of the Holy Prophet in Meelaad programms,gatherings standing in chorus is also in deference to this absolute command. To deny or oppose it is tantamount to creating new Shariah. Q 2: What does Durood Shareef mean? A. Durood Shareef is an especial honour which Allah Almighty has bestowed upon the Holy Prophet, Saiey-yidinaa Muhammad (may Allahs choicest blessings & peace be upon him). The religious scholars define Al-Laa-humma Sallay Alaa Muhammad as: OAllah! grant dignity to (Saiey-yidinaa)Muhammad by making his religion overwhelming, his preaching,teachings dominant and his Shariah ever-thriving and ever-lasting in this world and by accepting his primacy over all (the past and future communities,nations), exalting him over Apostles, Messengers, Prophets, Angels and all creatures and by making him stand on Maqaam-e-Mahmood (a praise-worthy station reserved only for the Holy Prophet) in the next world. Q 3: What philosophy does Durood Shareef contain? A. Every Muslim knows that he has been provided with the treasure of Eimaan and Irfaan (Islamic faith and knowledge,wisdom). The mankind was groping about in the dark of ignorance and steeped in barbarism. The Holy Prophet enlightened him with knowledge and equipped with humanely qualities i.e. good conduct and beautiful manners. This favour and kindness of his demand of us to be beholden to him, to love him and keep praying to Allah Almighty for his exaltation. This objective can be easily achieved by reciting Durood Shareef (invoking Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet) which can be recited in all conditions and all time. The reciter of Durood Shareef actually implores Allah Almighty: . O Allah! I am unable to thank Your beloved Prophet for his great favours to me. You may send Your infinite blessings on him on my behalf in this world and the world hereafter and grant him Your Taqarrub (nearness,proximity) more than all other prominent ones. The believer who recites Durood Shareef in fact humbles himself before Allah, the Beneficent, that he is unable to send Salaat (benedictions,blessings) on His Darling Elect (Saiey-yidinaa Muhammad, may Allahs choicest blessings & peace be upon him) befitting his dignity and that He (Allah) may send Salaat on the Holy Prophet on his behalf and also bless him by dint of His Beloved Prophet. Q 4: On what occasion is recitation of Durood Shareef Fard and on which is Waajib? A. Recitation of Durood Shareef once in whole life is obligatory (Fard) and on each mentioning and hearing of the blessed name of the Holy Prophet in a sitting, gathering is essential (Waajib). For example, if the Holy Prophets name is mentioned or heard in a sitting,gathering a hundred times then Durood Shareef should be recited every time. However, it is permissible to recite Durood Shareef later if one mentioned or heard the blessed name of the Holy Prophet and could not recite Durood Shareef the very time. Q 5: On which occasion or which time is recitation of Durood Shareef Mustahab ? A. It is Mustahab (commendable act) to invoke Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet (recitation of Durood Shareef) as profusely as one can. A companion of the Holy Prophet Hadrat Ubaiy bin Kaab (may Allah be pleased with him) said, as reported in Tirmizi Shareef, that I told the Holy Prophet that I spend most of my time in Duaa and sought his opinion as to how much time of my Duaa should I devote to Durood Shareef. The Holy Prophet emphasised to devote as much time as I can. I suggested a quarter. He said: whatever you wish but if you increase it will do you good. I suggested two-thirds. He said: whatever you wish but if you further increase it will be better for you. Then I submitted: O Messenger of Allah! I will devote all my Duaa to the recitation of Durood Shareef. Thereupon the Holy Prophet remarked: if it is so then Allah Almighty will ease you of your difficulties and forgive you your sins. Undoubtedly, one can not gain so many blessings and benefits from Duaa for oneself as he earns by reciting Durood Shareef. Invocation of Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet is, no doubt, a Duaa for the Holy Prophet but actually it is for his whole Ummah because every believer is spiritually attached to him. It is no denying the fact that one talks frequently about and speaks high of his ideal. The Holy Prophet is the ideal of ideal ones. So his Zikr (renown,praise)should surpass all others Zikr i.e. Allahs benedictions and blessings should be invoked on him extensively. The religious scholars have described the recitation of Durood Shareef on the following occasions: On Jumuah day, at Jumuah night, in the morning, evening (night) when entering a mosque, stepping out of mosque, on visiting the sacred shrine of the Holy Prophet, on Safaa and Marwah hills (in holy Makkah), in sermon (for Imaam only), after responding to Azaan, on meeting and separating from each other,one another, in the beginning and end of a sitting,gathering, during performance of ablution, when one forgets something, on delivering religious lecture (Waz), at the outset of learning,reading and teaching particularly Ahaadees Shareef (Prophetic sayings) should be preceded and followed by Durood Shareef, on writing a question or Fatvaa (religious verdict), on writing a book, at the time of Nikaah (marriage) and engagement and when starting or undertaking a big or important work. Q 6: How is that for reciting Durood Shareef before Azaan and Iqaamah? A. There is no harm in reciting Durood Shareef before Azaan and Iqaamah, for, recitation of Durood Shareef before an important work is commendable act. Azaan and Iqaamah are also very important works,occasions. However, Durood Shareef and Azaan or Durood Shareef and Iqaamah should not be mingled with. There should either be an interval between them or be recited in lower voice than Azaan and Iqaamah (to differentiate between Durood Shareef and Azaan, Iqaamah) so that people may not take it as a part of Azaan or Iqaamah. The deniers of the recitation of Durood Shareef before Azaan and Iqaamah are either Wahaabis or those ignorant Muslims who emulate them. If you make Muslims understand they will accept it but the stubborn Wahaabis will not understand! How ironical it is that allout efforts are being made to denigrate the pronounced characteristicsand excellences of the Holy Prophet who is solicitous for his bondslaves,followers (Ummatis) from the very birth until now in his hallowed grave and obstruct the expression and dissemination of his renown,praise in one way or the other instead of loving, venerating and praising him. Walaakinnal Wahaabiyata Qaumul Laa Yaqeloon (but Wahaabis are shorn of the senses). Q.7: How is that for reciting Durood Shareef during shopping and sale? A. It is impermissible for a businessman to either recite Durood Shareef or Subhaan Allah while showing saleable item,commodity to the customer to prove the quality of the item, commodity so that the customer may buy that. Likewise, it is also impermissible to recite Durood Shareef seeing an elite or leader with the intention to point out his arrival so that people may stand in his respect and make way for him. Q 8: How is that for writing Saad, Laam, Aien, Meem in place of Durood Shareef? A. One must write Sallal Laahu Alaiehi Wasallam or the like with the blessed name of the Holy Prophet when he/she writes it. Some religious scholars maintain it to be Waajib (essential act). It is impermissible and Haraam (unlawful) to write Saad, Laam, Aien, Meem or only Saad in place of Durood Shareef or to write Aien, Meem or only Aien in lieu of Alaie-his-Salaam. Unfortunately, this ignoble act is so common now that even some religious scholars are also given to it. Just to save a little amount of ink or some space of paper or to save a few seconds they deprive themselves of Divine blessings and graces. Imaam Jalaaluddin Siyuti has reported that the man who was first to introduce this abbreviation of Durood Shareef had his hand amputated. Similarly, writing Qaaf in place of Quddisa Sirruhoo or Raa Haa in lieu of Rahmatul Laah Talaa Alaieh is an idiocy and is to deprive oneself of blessings. Such nonsense should be avoided. Q 9: How does the Holy Prophet respond to our Salaam? A. The Holy Prophet himself said that when any of my Ummatis says or sends Salaam to me, Allah Almighty returns my soul which is Mustaghraq and Mushghool (absorbed and engaged) in Him (Allah) to respond to his Salaam. A Hadees says: I myself hear Salaam of my lovers and votaries and also recognise them and of others the Angels convey to me. Q10: How is that for reciting Durood Shareef aloud? A. The Holy Prophet is reported (in an Hadees) to have said: whoever recites Durood Shareef aloud, the Angels send Durood on him loudly in the heavens after his death. It has also been reported in the same Hadees that Imaam Nawavi has described the aloud recitation of Durood Shareef as Mustahab. Allama Khateeb Baghdadi and other Ulama have also endorsed his view. Q11: What injunction is there about joint recitation of Durood Shareef in chorus? A. Recitation of Durood Shareef by people all together as Muslims commonly recite Ayat-e-Kareemah followed by Durood Shareef after Duaa of obligatory prayer or recite Salaat-o-Salaam in Meelaad programmes in soft voice or loudly is undoubtedly lawful. It has been narrated by the Holy Prophets companions that a pure fragrance emanates from the meeting,sittingin which Allahs blessings are invoked on the Holy Prophet which rises higher and higher. When it reaches heavens the Angels say it is the fragrance of that gathering and meeting,sittingin which Durood Shareef was recited. There is a tradition in Muslim and Tirmizi that when a party, group of people busy themselves in remembrance of Allah, the Angels surround that meeting/gathering, mercy cover them, Sakeenah (peace,satisfaction) descend on them and Allah Almighty remembers them among those who are with Him i.e. Angels. Every believer knows well that the Zikr of the Holy Prophet but of all the Prophets and Saints is, in fact, Zikr of Allah as they all are the Prophets and Saints of Allah. And about the Holy Prophet, Allah Almighty said: I have made you a part of My Zikr. Whoever praises you he actually praises Me. So the Zikr of the Holy Prophet is the Zikr of Allah, indeed. The love of the Holy Prophet is real Eimaan, nay, the soul of Islamic faith. Q12: Please explain some Ahaadees in regard to excellences of Durood Shareef? A. It is beyond human attainment and reach to explain innumerable excellences, greatness and graces of invocation of Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet (recitation of Durood Shareef); suffice it to say that sending of blessings and graces by Allah, the Most Transcendent, on the peerless Prophet, Saiey-yidinaa Muhammad (may Allahs choicest blessings & peace be upon him) is the ample proof of the greatness of recitation of Durood Shareef. However, some Ahaadees in this context are propounded here. The Holy Prophet said: 1. Whoever invokes Allahs blessings on me once Allah grants him ten blessings. 2. Whoever recites Durood Shareef once Allah Almighty will grant him ten blessings, remit ten sins from him and raise his ten degrees. 3. .Nearest me on the Doomsday would be that believer who invoked most blessings on me (heart and soul). 4. When one recites Durood Shareef, the Angels send blessings on and keep doing so as long as he remains busy in it. Now it is upto him he may invoke more blessings on me or less. 5. If one writes the blessed name of the Holy Prophet, the Angels will continue sending blessings on him so long as it remains intact in the book. Another Hadees says that the Angels will keep praying for his absolution and emancipation and the one upon whom the Angels send blessings will definitely be entered into paradise. 6. Groups of believers will throng to my Haud-e-Kauser(an exclusive heavenly body of water) and I will recognise them by their profuse invocation of Allahs blessings on me in their lifetime. 7. The one who recites Durood Shareef in great numbers will be delivered earlier from the trials and tribulations of the Doomsday. 8. The believer who recites Durood Shareef a hundred times on Friday will be forgiven his eighty years sins. 9. Recite Durood Shareef in large number as it is Zakaat for you meaning it is a means of your welfare and emancipation. 10. If one faces any hardship,difficulty he should invoke Allahs blessings on me extensively. His all difficulties and sufferings will, by the grace of Durood Shareef, be removed, his subsistance, livelihood blessed and all his needs met. 11. Whoever invokes Allahs blessings on me ten times every morning and evening (night), I will intercede for him on the Doomsday. Briefly, Durood Shareef is a certain source of absolution, forgiveness, blessings, peace, prosperity and felicity in this world and the world hereafter. The time spent in invoking Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet brings temporal as well as spiritual benefits to the reciter and the time spent in obliviousness to it is nothing but misfortune. O bondslave of the Messenger of Allah! be agile and voracious and fervently collect this great bounty and favour of Allah. Showing slackness and meanness in invoking Allahs blessings on the Holy Prophet is misfortune. A Hadees says: he is the big meanie before whom my name is mentioned but he does not recite Durood Shareef. Sallal Laahu Alan Nabeiy-yil Ummei-yee wa Aalehee Sallal Laahu Alaiehi wa Sallam Salaataoon wa Salaaman Alaieka Yaa Rasoolal Laah
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:30:31 +0000
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