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(23). 3220. Abū Mas'ūd Al-Anṣārī said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to us while we were sitting in a gathering of Sa'd bin 'Ubādah. Bashīr bin Sa'd said: 'Allāh ordered us to say Ṣalāt upon you, so how do we say Ṣalāt upon you?'" The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was silent, until we thought that we had not even asked him. Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Say: O Allāh! Send Ṣalāt upon Muḥammad and upon Muḥammad's family just as you have sent Ṣalāt [upon Ibrāhīm and] upon Ibrāhīm's family. And bless Muḥammad and Muḥammad's family just as you have blessed [Ibrāhīm and] Ibrāhīm's family among the nations. Indeed you are the praised, the glorious.' And the Salām is as you have learned."[1] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
[He said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, Abū Ḥumaid, Ka'b bin 'Ujrah, Ṭalhah bin 'Ubaidullāh, Abū Sa'eed, Zaid bin Khārijah – and it is said: Ibn Jāriyah – and Buraidah.
[He said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh.
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[1] See no. 483.
Commentary
As for the noble Prophet, Allāh ﷺ showers His mercy on him and the angels invoke blessings upon the Prophet; he ﷺ is not in need of the invocations of others. The verb (Yu-Sallī), when it is related to Allāh, it then means 'Allāh's mercy'; and if it is related to the angels and humans, it then means 'invoking blessing'. The blessing means the increase of honor and dignity, or the purification and cleansing.
