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Question: There is one âyah (verse) in the Qur’ân in which Allâh says that He Himself does something and then He also orders the believers to do the same. What is that âyah?

Answer: It is âyah 56 in Sûrah al-Ahzâb (33): “Truly Allâh and His angels shower blessings upon the Prophet. Oh Believers! Send blessings upon him and salute him with a worthy salutation.”

The correct answer was received from reader Abdul Muidu online.

Hadrat Ibn Mas’ûd reports that the Holy Prophet said: ‘Truly the closest person to me on the Day of Judgment will be the one who asked blessings upon me most abundantly.’ [Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibbân in his Sahîh]

‘Allâmah Sakhâwi ( rahimahullâh) has quoted in his book Qaul-ul-Badî’ a narration of ad-Durrul-Munazzam that the Holy Prophet said, “The person who sent darûd upon me abundantly will be nearest to me on the Day of Judgment.” This hadîth is further supported by a narration of Hadrat Anas that the Holy Prophet said, “The person who sent darûd abundantly upon me will be nearest to me on every occasion on the Day of Judgment.”

It has also been reported that the Holy Prophet said, “Send darûd upon me abundantly because in the beginning you will be questioned in the graves about me.” These narrations are supported by another hadîth in which the Holy Prophet said, “Your darûd upon me will be a cause of light at the Bridge (Sirât) on the Day of Judgment. Whosoever wants that his good deeds would be weighed in a big Balance, he should send darûd upon me abundantly.” Another hadîth has been related to Hadrat Anas that the Holy Prophet said, “The person who sent darûd abundantly upon me will be best saved from the distress and calamities of the Day of Judgment.”

‘Allâmah Sakhâwi has quoted a hadîth in which the Holy Prophet said, “Three (categories of) persons will be under the shadow of the sublime Throne on the Day of Judgment when there will be no shadow besides it: (i) The person who removed a misery of a miserable, (ii) the person who revived one of my sunnah (way), and (iii) the person who used to send darûd upon me abundantly.” This hadîth is supported by a narration of Hadrat ‘Umar which is quoted by ‘Allâmah Sakhâwi: The Holy Prophet said, “Adorn your meetings with darûd because it will be a light for you on the Day of Judgment.”

It is written in Quwwatul-Qulûb, as quoted by ‘Allâmah Sakhâwi that the least quantity for getting the benefit of abundance of darûd is three hundred times daily. Hadrat-i-Aqdas Shaikh ‘Abdur Rashîd Gangohi used to advise his disciples to send darûd three hundred times daily.

‘Allâmah Sakhâwi has quoted Ibn-i-Hibbân in connection with the above hadîth which is also mentioned in the Sahîh of Ibn-i-Hibbân: “This hadîth clearly supports that the muhaddithîn will be nearest to the Holy Prophet on the Day of Judgment because they send darûd on him abundantly.” Similarly Hadrat Abu ‘Ubaidah has also said, “The superiority is particularly for the muhaddithîn, because a muhaddith always reads or writes the darûd with the reading or the writing of a hadîth in which the name of the Holy Prophet is frequently repeated. Khatîb has quoted Abu Na’îm that this superiority is particular with the muhaddithîn. Other theologians have also argued in a similar way. In the category of the muhaddithîn all those learned persons may be included who are engaged in learned, writing, and teaching ahâdîth whether in Arabic or in Urdu (or any other language).

It is written in Zâd-us-Sa’îd with reference to Tabrâni that the Holy Prophet said, “The person who writes the darûd in a book will perpetually be blessed by the angels till the time my name remains in it.” Another hadîth has been reported by Tabrâni that the Holy Prophet said, “My intercession will be sure for him who sends darûd upon me ten times in the morning and ten times in the evening.” Imam Mustaghfari has quoted a saying of the Holy Prophet : “One hundred wants will be fulfilled of the person who sends one hundred times darûd upon me daily. Out of these thirty will be fulfilled in this world and seventy in the Hereafter.”

[Shaikhul-Hadîth Ml. Muhammad Zakariyya Kandhalvi, Virtues of Darûd Sharîf. Ch.1, Hadîth 5]

Published: March 2003