40 Benefits of Sending Salawat Upon the Prophet ﷺ
40 Benefits of Sending Salawat Upon the Prophet ﷺ
- Following the command of Allah.
- Conformity with Allah sending blessings upon him.
- Conformity with the angels sending blessings upon him.
- Receive 10 blessings from Allah.
- Ten levels are raised for the servant.
- Ten good deeds are written for the servant.
- Ten sins are erased from the servant.
- Du’ā’ is accepted if preceded with salāh on the Prophet ﷺ.
- Intercession of the Prophet ﷺ.
- A means for forgiveness of sins.
- Allah will suffice the servant.
- Closeness to the Prophet ﷺ on the Day of Judgement.
- Reward of charity.
- A means of the fulfilment of your needs.
- Allah and His angels send blessings upon the servant.
- A means of cleansing and purification.
- Glad tidings of Paradise before death.
- Protection from the terrors of the Day of Judgement.
- The Prophet ﷺ responds to him.
- A means for the servant to remember what he has forgotten.
- A means of blessings on the gathering and lack of regret on the Day of Judgement.
- A means to repel poverty.
- It repels the description of being a miser.
- Protection from the Prophet’s ﷺ curse.
- Leads to the path towards Paradise.
- A protection from the stench of a gathering where Allah and His Prophet ﷺ are not mentioned.
- It completes speech, after Allah’s praise.
- Abundance of light on the Sirāt.
- Protection from hardness of the heart.
- Allah bestows favourable praise upon the servant.
- A source of blessings for the servant himself.
- A means of receiving Allah’s mercy.
- A means to continuously love the Prophet ﷺ.
- A means of the Prophet ﷺ continuously loving the servant.
- A means of guidance and a ‘living’ heart.
- The servant’s name is presented to the Prophet ﷺ.
- The servant’s feet will be firm on the Sirāt.
- The servant fulfils a small portion of the Prophet’s ﷺ right.
- Comprises gratitude to Allah.
- It is a du’ā’.
(Adapted from Jalā’ al-Afhām by Ibn al-Qayyim (raḥimahullāh)