Saturday, August 22, 2026

15 Ahadith About the Excellence and Blessings of Salat-'Alan-Nabi ﷺ

51. He used to speak to his Nafs

The blessed son of Imām A'ẓam Abū Ḥanīfah رَحْمَةُاللهِتَعَالٰیعَلَیْہِ, Sayyidunā Ḥammād رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ has narrated: I once went to the house of Sayyidunā Dāwūd Ṭāī رَحْمَةُاللهِتَعَالٰیعَلَیْہِ, I heard a voice from inside the house, 'O Nafs! You desired carrot, I fed it to you. Now you desire for dates. By Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! I will never feed you dates.' Saying Salām when I entered, I saw him alone. (In other words, the great Shaykh was addressing his Nafs).

(ibid, pp. 101)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on them and forgive us without accountability for their sake!

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

52. He vowed not to eat vegetable

Sayyidunā Mālik Bin Daygham عَلَيْهِ رَحْمَةُ اللّٰهِ الْاَکْرَم has stated, 'Once I saw a vegetable while passing through a market in Basra. My Nafs demanded me to eat the vegetable that night. I swore not to eat that vegetable for forty nights.'

(ibid, pp. 101)

May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ have mercy on him and forgive us without accountability for his sake!

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

15 Ahadis about Excellence of Salat-'Alan-Nabi

1.     The Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'The one who recites Ṣalāt one hundred times on me on Friday and the night of Friday, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will fulfil one hundred of his needs.'

(Jāmi'-ul-Aḥādīš-lis-Suyūṭī, vol. 3, pp. 75, Ḥadīš 7377)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

2.     The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'O people! Without doubt, the one to attain salvation quickly on the Day of Judgement from its horrors and accountability will be the one amongst you who will have recited Ṣalāt upon me in abundance in the world.'

(Firdaus-ul-Akhbār, vol. 5, pp. 375, Ḥadīš 8210)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

3.     The Noble Rasūl صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'Anyone who recites Ṣalāt upon me three times in the day and three times in the night due to love and devotion to me, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will forgive the sins he committed during that day and that night.'

(Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, vol. 2, pp. 328, Ḥadīš 23)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

4.     The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'Recite Ṣalāt abundantly upon me; without doubt, it is purification for you.'

(Musnad Abī Ya'lā, vol. 5, pp. 458, Ḥadīš 6383)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

5.     The Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'Whoever recited the Holy Quran, praised Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, recited Ṣalāt upon the Prophet (صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم) and then asked forgiveness from Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, he has sought goodness from its source.'

(Shu'ab-ul-Īmān, vol. 2, pp. 373, Ḥadīš 2084)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

6.     The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'To recite Ṣalāt upon me is Nūr on the bridge of Ṣirāt. The one reciting Ṣalāt upon me eighty times on Friday, his eighty years' sins will be forgiven.'

(Al-Jāmi'-uṣ-Ṣaghīr, pp. 320, Ḥadīš 5191)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

7.     The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'The one who recites Ṣalāt 200 times upon me on Friday, his 200 years' sins will be forgiven.'

(Kanz-ul-'Ummāl, vol. 1, pp. 256, Ḥadīš 2238)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

8.     The Noble Rasūl صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'Whoever recites Ṣalāt upon me hundred times on the day and night of Friday, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will fulfil his hundred needs out of which seventy will be of the Hereafter and thirty will be of the world.'

(Kanz-ul-'Ummāl, vol. 1, pp. 256, Ḥadīš 2239)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

9.     The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'When the day of Thursday comes, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ sends His angels who have papers made of silver and pens made of gold. They write the names of those who recite Ṣalāt on me in abundance on the day of Thursday and the night of Friday.'

(Kanz-ul-'Ummāl, vol. 1, pp. 250, Ḥadīš 2174)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

10. The Beloved Rasūl صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'The one who writes Ṣalāt [with my name] in a book, angels will continue to seek forgiveness for him as long as my name remains in it.'

(Mu'jam Awsaṭ, vol. 1, pp. 497, Ḥadīš 1835)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

11. The Noble Rasūl صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'When the one who recites Ṣalāt upon me 100 times on Friday comes on the Judgement Day, he will be accompanied by such Nūr that will be sufficient for all the creation, if distributed.'

(Ḥilyat-ul-Auliyā, vol. 8, pp. 49, Ḥadīš 11341)

12. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'O people! Without doubt, the one to attain salvation quickly on the Day of Judgement from its horrors and accountability will be the one amongst you who will have recited Ṣalāt upon me in abundance in the world.'

(Firdaus-ul-Akhbār, vol. 5, pp. 375, Ḥadīš 8210)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

13. The Beloved Rasūl صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'Recite Ṣalāt upon me wherever you are, as it reaches me.'

(Mu'jam Kabīr, vol. 3, pp. 82, Ḥadīš 2829)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

14. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'The one who recites Ṣalāt upon me ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening will be granted my intercession on the Day of Judgement.'

(Majma'-uz-Zawāid lil-Ĥayshamī, vol. 10, pp. 163, Ḥadīš 17022)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

15. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم has stated, 'The one who forgot to recite Ṣalāt upon me, forgot the way to Jannaĥ.'

(Mu'jam Kabīr, vol. 12, pp. 139, Ḥadīš 12819)

صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْبِ ! صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

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