Praying for Hadrat Sa'd bin 'Ubadah he said: Allahumma aj'al salataka wa rahmataka ala al-i Sa'd bin 'Ubadah | The people have found it difficult to understand this |
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As for its merit and excellence, its being conducive to high spiritual rewards and its being a great righteous act, there is complete unanimity among the Ummah | The disbelievers everywhere have turned his enemies only because he has done you these favours; otherwise personally he has not done any harm to anyone |
Therefore, what the Holy Prophet means to say is this: "O Allah, just as You have made the Prophet Abraham the refuge of the followers of aII the Prophets, so You make me also the refuge, so that no one who is a believer in Prophethood, may remain deprived of the grace of believing in my Prophethood.
Therefore, one meaning of sallimu taslima in regard to the Holy Prophet is: "You should pray for his well-being and security," and another meaning is: "Cooperate with him with aII your heart and mind; refrain from opposing him and obey him most faithfully and sincerely | The meaning of the wives and offspring is obvious |
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Still another group holds the view that it is wajib to pronounce the darrid in every supplication | The Qur'an has used the word al Fir aun at fourteen places but nowhere has it been used to mean the people of Pharaoh's household only; everywhere it implies alI those who sided with him in the conflict against the Prophet Moses |
Similarly, the Holy Prophet also prayed for those who were not' prophets using the word sale on several occasions.
23Thus, from al-Muhammad is excluded every such person who is not on the way of Muhammad upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings , whether he be a member of his household, and in it is included every such person, who is following in his footsteps, whether he is not even distantly related to him by blood | Imam Shafe' i holds the view that it is obligatory to recite salat on the Prophet during tashahhud in the final sitting of the Prayer, for without it the Prayer would be void |
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Swahili - Al-Barwani : Hakika Mwenyezi Mungu na Malaika wake wanamsalia Nabii Enyi mlio amini Msalieni na mumsalimu kwa salamu• Bersalawatlah kalian untuk Nabi dan ucapkanlah salam penghormatan kepadanya yaitu katakanlah oleh kalian, "Allaahumma Shalli 'Alaa Sayyidinaa Muhammad Wa Sallim", artinya, "Ya Allah! So much so that the Holy Prophet's love can be impressed in our hearts only by Allah's help; otherwise Satan can turn us away from him by every kind of evil suggestion sand suspicions | Ibn 'Abbas: From him also the same darud as given above has been reported with a slight difference |
" One can clearly see from the context.
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