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Salawaat by Sufi Mashaaikh
Chapter 2: DALAAIL U'L KHAYRAAT
Of:IMAM AL-JAZULI
An Appreciation by Siddiq Osman Noormuhammad

SALAWAAT TAUGHT BY THE BELOVED PROPHET

Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam
The most famous salaat (invocation of blessing) taught by the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam is of course As-Salaatu'l Ibrahimiyya (called Durood-e-Ibrahim in Urdu) which is recited in salaah (obligatory five times daily prayers). This salaat is reported in the blessed Hadith Shareef in Sahih Bukhari by Hadhrat AbdurRahman bin Abi Layla Rady Allahu 'Anhu. We also find it in books of Hadith Shareef compiled by Imam Muslim, Imam Abu Dawud, Imam Tirmidhi and Imam an-Nasaai, Rahmatullahi 'alaihim ajma'een as noted by Imam Yusuf an-Nab'haani in Al-Anwaar u'l Muhammadiyyah (The Muhammadan Lights). Its transliteration and translation is:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa Sallayta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed

Allahumma Baarik 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa Baarakta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

O Allah! Shower blessings upon Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You showered blessings upon Sayyidina Ibrahim
and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

O Allah! Bestow favours upon Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad
as You bestowed favours upon Sayyidina Ibrahim
and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Al-Hafiz as-Sakhawi Rahmatullahi 'alaih has compiled about forty different ways of reciting As-Salaatu'l Ibrahimiyyah that had been reported in books of Hadith Shareef, a majority of which we find interspersed in Dalaail u'l Khayraat. An example of one such variation as reported in a Hadith Shareef by Hadhrat 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Rady Allahu 'Anhu in Haakim is:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Wa Baarik 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in
Warham Muhammad-an wa aali Muhammad-in
Kamaa Sallayta wa Baarakta wa Tarahhamta
'Alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima
Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

O Allah! Shower blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
and bestow favours on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
and have mercy on Sayyidina Muhammad
and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad,
as You blessed, bestowed favours and had mercy
on Sayyidina Ibrahim and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim.
Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Besides As-Salatu'l Ibrahimiyyah, Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam also taught his sahaba (companions) many other salawaat. We learn of one such salaat and its benefits from a blessed Hadith Shareef quoted by Sayyidina al-Imam al-Habib 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad Rady Allahu 'Anhu Wanfa'na bihi (1044-1132 A.H.) in an-Nasaaih id-Diniyya (Sincere Religious Advices) as narrated by Hadhrat Ruwayfi' ibn Thaabit al-Ansari Rady Allahu 'Anhu and reported by Imam Ahmad Rahmatullahi 'alaih.

Wa qaala 'alaihi's-Salaatu wa's-Salaam: man qaala
Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in
Wa anzilhu'l maq'adal muqarraba 'indaka yauma'l qiyamah
Wajabat lahu shafa'atee.

He said, may blessings and salutations be upon him,
"My intercession is obligatory on whoever recites (this salaat):
O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and give him a seat near You on the Day of Judgement".

Dalaail u'l Khayraat contains this salaat but with slightly different wording as follows:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in
Wa anzilhu'l manzila'l muqarraba yauma'l qiyamah

O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad
and give him a place nearby on the Day of Judgement.

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