Be Very Regular in Sending Durud Upon the Holy Prophet Muhammad(sa)

The third condition also requires that the initiate shall be ever eager to send durud upon the Holy Prophet(sa). In this connection Almighty Allah says in the Holy Qur’an:1

Allah and His angels send mercy on the Prophet. O ye who believe! You also should invoke blessings on him and salute him with abundant salutations of peace.

Hazrat ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Amr Bin al-‘As(ra) narrates that he heard the Holy Prophet(sa) saying:

When you hear the caller of adhan, repeat the words that he is saying. Then invoke Allah’s blessings upon me. He who invokes Allah’s blessing upon me, Allah will grant him His mercy ten-fold.’ Then he said, ‘Whoever begs Allah that He may grant me wasilah — which is one grade in Paradise, which Allah will grant to one of His servants, and I hope that I am that one — my intercession for such a one will become permissible. (Sahih Muslim, Kitab-us-Salati, Babul-Qauli mithli Qaulil Mua’dhdhini liman Sami‘ahu Thumma Yusalli ‘Alan Nabiyyi)

Everyone should keep in mind that in order to win the pleasure of Allah, to attain His love, and to have our prayers find acceptance with Allah, we need the intermediation of the Holy Prophet(sa). The best way to do that — as we are told in the hadith — is to invoke Allah’s blessings upon him. The Promised Messiah(as) has also admonished that durud should be recited abundantly.2

Hazrat ‘Amir Bin Rabi‘ah(ra) narrates that the Holy Prophet(sa) said, ‘A Muslim who invokes Allah’s blessings upon me will continue to receive the blessings from the angels as long as he continues. Let him, if he wishes, shorten the time or prolong it.’

Hazrat ‘Umar Bin al-Khattab(ra) says, ‘The supplication remains suspended between heaven and earth. Until someone invokes blessings upon the Holy Prophet(sa), no part of it goes up to be presented before Allah the Almighty.’ (Sunan-ut-Tirmadhi, Kitab-ul-Witri, Babu ma ja’a fi Fadlis-Salati ‘Alan Nabiyyi)

Hazrat ‘Abdullah Bin Mas‘ud(ra) narrates that the Holy Prophet(sa) said, ‘On the Day of Judgement, the closest to me will be those who invoke Allah’s blessings upon me most frequently.’ (Sunan-ut-Tirmadhi, Kitab-ul-Witri, Babu ma ja’ a fi Fadlis-Salati ‘Alan Nabiyyi)

The Promised Messiah(as) narrates his personal experience as follows:

Once it so happened that I was completely absorbed in invoking Allah’s blessing upon the Holy Prophet, may peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, for a long period of time because I was certain that the paths of reaching Allah the Almighty are very narrow and cannot be found except through the intermediation of the Holy Prophet(sa). As Allah also says:3

After a period of time I saw a vision that two water-men enter my house, one from the interior side and the other from the exterior. On their shoulders they were carrying waterskins filled with the light Divine. They said:4

(Haqiqat-ul-Wahyi, p. 128, footnote, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 22, p. 131, footnote)

Through invoking blessings upon the Holy Prophet(sa)… it is my personal experience that, divine grace in the shape of wonderful light proceeds in the direction of the Holy Prophet(sa) and is absorbed into his bosom and then issuing therefrom numberless streams of it reach everyone deserving them according to his capacity. Certainly, no grace can reach anyone without the agency of the Holy Prophet(sa). Invoking blessings on the Holy Prophet(sa) brings into movement his throne from which these streams of light issue. He who desires to obtain the grace of God Almighty should invoke blessings on him persistently, so that divine grace might be brought into motion. (Al-Hakam, February 28, 1903, p. 7)

The Promised Messiah(as) says:

Man is a servant or slave. A slave is one who carries out all commandments of the master. Similarly, if you want to achieve grace through the Holy Prophet(sa) it is essential that you become his slave. Almighty Allah says in the Holy Qur’an:5

Here, slave means an obedient servant and not a creation. To become a slave of the Holy Prophet(sa), it is essential to invoke Allah’s blessings upon him, not to disobey any of his commandments and to carry out all his injunctions. (Al-Badr, vol. 2, No. 14, April 24, 1903, p. 109)

The Promised Messiah(as) says:

(Barakatud-Du‘a’, Ruhani Khaza’in, vol. 6, p. 11)

Translation: O Allah send down blessings and peace on him and on his people proportionate to the amount of his suffering and sorrow for the sake of the ummah and send down upon him the light of Thy mercy forever.