I Am A Muslim: Islamic Reminders

Sending Salawat to the Nabi

Saying salwat is saying "allahuma sali wa salam ala saydina muhammad" O Allah send Your praise, prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad.

sending salawat on the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam shows our love for him, our respect for him, and our obedience to him.

Of the greatest blessings that Allah ta'ala has given to mankind is sending the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam as our guide and the Qur'an as our Book.

With the exception of Muhammad sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, every Prophet and Messenger sent by Allah azza wa jal was sent to a specific nation for a specific time period. Allah ta'ala chose Muhammad sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam as the Messenger for all the worlds and raised his status and mention among all of mankind.

Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you that believe! Send your blessings on him, and salute him with all respect. (33:56)

The Believers are those who love the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam more than their family, wealth and their own selves so just as we would ask Allah to forgive and bless our relative, we should send prayers upon our Messenger sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam who, by the bounty and mercy of Allah, has taught us our faith.

We are commanded in this ayah to do two things:

Firstly:

صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ
"send your salah on him" this means that we ask Allah to send blessings on the Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam and ask Allah to praise him in the manner that he guided us to do.

Secondly:

وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا
"and offer tasleem as it should be (offered)". The linguistic meaning of tasleem is to offer greetings of peace. It also gives a meaning of asking for peace and security.

Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam said, "whoever sends blessings on me ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening will receive my intercession." [Al-Tabarani]