Al-Bukhari said: "Abu Al-`Aliyah said: "Allah's Salah is His praising him
before the angels, and the Salah of the angels is their supplication.'' Ibn
`Abbas said: "They send blessings.'' Abu `Isa At-Tirmidhi said: "This was
narrated from Sufyan Ath-Thawri and other scholars, who said: `The Salah of the
Lord is mercy, and the Salah of the angels is their seeking forgiveness. There
are Mutawatir Hadiths narrated from the Messenger of Allah commanding us to send
blessings on him and how we should say Salah upon him. We will mention as many
of them as we can, if Allah wills, and Allah is the One Whose help we seek. In
his Tafsir of this Ayah, Al-Bukhari recorded that Ka`b bin `Ujrah said, "It was
said, `O Messenger of Allah, with regard to sending Salam upon you, we know
about this, but how about Salah' He said:
«قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ
مَجِيد»
(Say: "O Allah, send Your Salah upon Muhammad and upon the family of
Muhammad, as You sent Your Salah upon the family of Ibrahim, verily You are the
Most Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammad and
upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your blessings upon the family of
Ibrahim, verily You are Most Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.'')'' Imam Ahmad
recorded that Ibn Abi Layla said that Ka`b bin `Ujrah met him and said, "Shall I
not give you a gift The Messenger of Allah came out to us and we said, `O
Messenger of Allah! We know how to send Salam upon you, but how can we send
Salah' He said:
«قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ
مَجِيد»
(Say: "O Allah, send Your Salah upon Muhammad and upon the family of
Muhammad, as You sent Your Salah upon the family of Ibrahim, verily You are the
Most Praiseworthy, Most Glorious. O Allah, send Your blessings upon Muhammad and
upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your blessings upon the family of
Ibrahim, verily You are Most Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.'')'' This Hadith has
been recorded by the Group in their books with different chains of
narration.
Another Hadith I
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him,
said: "We said, `O Messenger of Allah, this is the Salam upon you, but how do we
send Salah upon you' He said:
«قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ
عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيم»
(Say: "O Allah, send Your Salah upon Muhammad, Your servant and Messenger, as
You sent Your Salah upon the family of Ibrahim, and send Your blessings upon
Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your blessings upon the
family of Ibrahim.'')'' Abu Salih narrated that Layth said:
«عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ
وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيم»
(Upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad as You sent Your blessings
upon the family of Ibrahim.) Ibrahim bin Hamzah told that, Ibn Abi Hazim and
Ad-Darawardi told, that Yazid, i.e., Ibn Al-Had said:
«كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ
عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ
عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيم»
(As You sent Your Salah upon Ibrahim, and send Your blessings upon Muhammad
and the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your blessings upon Ibrahim and the
family of Ibrahim.) This was also recorded by An-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah.
Another Hadith II
Imam Ahmad recorded from Abu Humayd As-Sa`idi that they said: "O Messenger of
Allah, how can we send Salah upon you'' He said,
«قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى
إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ وَذُرِّيَّتِهِ كَمَا
بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيد»
(Say: "O Allah, send Your Salah upon Muhammad and his wives and offspring, as
You sent Your Salah upon Ibrahim, and send Your blessings upon Muhammad and his
wives and offspring, as You sent Your blessings upon the family of Ibrahim,
verily You are Most Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.'')'' It was also recorded by
the rest of the Group, apart from At-Tirmidhi.
Another Hadith III
Muslim recorded that Abu Mas`ud Al-Ansari said: "We came to the Messenger of
Allah and we were with Sa`d bin `Ubadah. Bashir bin Sa`d said to him, `Allah has
commanded us to send Salah upon you, O Messenger of Allah. How can we send Salah
upon you' The Messenger of Allah remained quiet for so long that we wished that
he had not asked him, then the Messenger of Allah said:
«قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ
صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى آلِ
إِبْرَاهِيمَ ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ
عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي الْعَالَمِينَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ وَالسَّلَامُ
كَمَا قَدْ عَلِمْتُم»
(Say: "O Allah, send Your Salah upon Muhammad and upon the family of
Muhammad, as You sent Your Salah upon the family of Ibrahim, and send Your
blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent Your
blessings upon the family of Ibrahim among all people, verily You are Most
Praiseworthy, Most Glorious.'' And the Salam is as you know.)'' This was also
recorded by Abu Dawud, An-Nasa'i, At-Tirmidhi and Ibn Jarir. At-Tirmidhi said,
"It is Hasan Sahih.''
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