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Sending Salāt Upon The Prophet ﷺ After The Tashah-hud

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Darussalam · Volume 1

2. THE BOOK OFAṢ-ṢALĀT (THE PRAYER)

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الحديث: 976 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 257

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976. It was reported from Shuʿbah from Al-Ḥakam, from Ibn Abī Lailā, from Kaʿb bin ʿUjrah who said: “We said — or — the people said: ‘O Messenger of Allāh! You have commanded us to send Salāt and peace upon you. As for the peace (Salām), then we know (how to do it). But how do we send Salāt upon you?’ So he said: ‘Say: Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin, wa āli Muḥammadin, kamā ṣallaita ʿalā Ibrāhīm. Wa bārik ʿalā Muḥammadin wa āli Muḥammadin kamā bārakta 'alā āli Ibrāhīm, innaka Ḥamīdun Majīd. (O Allāh! Send your Salāt upon Muḥammad, and the family of Muḥammad, as you have sent Your Salat upon Ibrāhīm. And send Your Blessings upon Muḥammad, and the family of Muḥammad, as You have sent Your Blessings upon the family of Ibrāhīm. Indeed, You are the Praiseworthy (Ḥamīd), the Glorious (Majīd).” (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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976 - حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي لَيْلَى، عَنْ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا - أَوْ قَالُوا - يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَمَرْتَنَا أَنْ نُصَلِّيَ عَلَيْكَ، وَأَنْ نُسَلِّمَ عَلَيْكَ، فَأَمَّا السَّلَامُ، فَقَدْ عَرَفْنَاهُ، فَكَيْفَ نُصَلِّي عَلَيْكَ، قَالَ: " قُولُوا: اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَبَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ، وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ "،

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    [1] That is, scholars differ over whether or not Al-Ḥasan Al-Baṣrī heard from Samurah, or whether he heard other than the Hadīth about Al-Aqīqah (see nos. 2837, 2838) - which is a popular view. The author mentioned a letter here, and it is more clear in his narration of the same chain under number 456; “Samurah wrote to his son.” And this is the same exact chain of narration, by which the author means that this narration came from that same letter. Then he intends that because Al-Ḥasan and Sulaimān, the son of Samurah, lived during the same time, then narrations from Al-Ḥasan from Samurah should also be considered authentic.

Commentary

When the word Salāt is used for Allāh, it means Allāh blesses His slave with mercy, elevates their ranks and praises them before His Angels.