Please Convey My Salaams to the Prophet

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In the name of Allah, the Most-Merciful, the All-Compassionate

"May the Peace and Blessings of Allah be Upon You "

Praise be to Allaah, we seek His help and His forgiveness. We seek refuge with Allaah fromthe evil of our own souls and from our bad deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides will never be

led astray, and whomsoever Allaah leaves astray, no one can guide. I bear witness that

there is no god but Allaah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger.

Bismillah Walhamdulillah Was Salaatu Was Salaam'ala Rasulillah

As-Salaam Alaikum Wa-Rahmatullahi Wa-Barakatuhu

Please Convey my Salaams to the Prophet(Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam)"

- A wrong practise to send salaam via others.

by Asma bint Shameem

"Please convey my salaams to the Prophet (Sal AllaahuAlaiyhi wa Sallam) when you go and visit Madeenah."

Thats what they said to me as I was leaving for Hajj thisyear.

Some even said, "Take my name personally and say so-and-so has sent you the salaams, O Prophet of Allaah."


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And it wasnt just a few who requested this. Many, manypeople asked me to do so.

I also know that it was out of sheer love and utmost

respect for the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam)that they said this.But my dear brother/sister in Islaam, I have to tell youthat this is an action that is NOT prescribed in theShareeah.

Now, I am not saying that sending blessings and salaams

on the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) itselfisbad. Surely it is one of the bestand most virtuous ofdeeds and one of the most beloved of deeds to Allaahand of course, we should send salaams on the Prophet(Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) all the time, as much aswe can. And Allaah will send blessings on you in returntenfold. That is surely good.

What is wrong is telling a person traveling to Madeenah

to convey your salaams to him (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi waSallam).

Did you know that your salaams will reach him (SalAllaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) no matter where you are,whether you are standing in front of his grave inMadeenah or you are thousands of miles away in theU.S.or even when you are in your room in Bombay ?

The Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) said:"Send blessings upon me for your greeting willreach me no matter where you are. (Abu Dawood--saheeh by al-Albaani)


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And he (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) said: Allaahhas angels who go around on earth, conveying tome the salaam of my ummah.(al-Nasaai-- saheeh by al-Albaani)

So, it doesnt really matter whether you are in the privacyof your home or in the midst of the market place, or if youare a bedouin living in Madeenah or an astronaut flying inspace. If you send salaams on the Prophet (Sal AllaahuAlaiyhi wa Sallam), he will receive them.Besides, wouldnt you like to send your salaams

personally to the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam)instead of sending it through somebody who may forget ?Or he may not convey the salaams with that love andrespect you would like him to?

Think about it.

When someone reallyspecial is coming, you would surely

want to go meet himpersonallyrather than just sendingsomebody else on your behalf, right?

Then, wouldn't you want the angels to conveyyourspecial and personal salaams to him?

And who is a better and more trustworthy carrier than theangels?

How do we know it is wrong ?We know it is wrong because it was not the practice ofthe Sahaabah or the righteous people after them toconvey the salaams of each other at the grave of theProphet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) every time one of


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them visited Madeenah. If it was something good, surely,the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) would havetaught the Sahaabah to do that or he would have givenus instructions to do so. But the fact of the matter is that

he (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) instructed us to doquite the opposite.

He (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) said, "Do not takemy grave as a place of festivity(which you visitrepeatedly). Send blessings upon me for yourgreeting will reach me no matter where you are.(Abu Dawood)

Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen said: "If you send salaam uponhim (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) from the farthestends of the earth, your salaam will reach him, becauseAllaah has appointed angels who travel about the earth,and if anyone sends salaams upon the Messenger (SalAllaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam), they convey that salaam tothe Messenger (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam). So if wesay now, O Allaah, send blessings and peace upon the

Messenger of Allaah, our salaam will be transmitted tohim. In prayer we say, Al-salaamu alayka ayyuhal-nabiyyu wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu (Peace beupon you, O Prophet, and the mercy of Allaah and Hisblessings), and the salaam is transmitted to him "

Shaykh Abd al-Rahmaan ibn Naasir al-Barraak, a memberof faculty in the Imam Muhammad ibn Saood IslamicUniversity, said: "There is no basis for sending salaams to

the Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) with one whois traveling to Madeenah. It was not the habit of therighteous salaf of the Sahaabah (may Allaah be pleasedwith them), Taabieen or scholars to send salaams in thismanner, and no such thing has been narrated.... "


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Shaikh Ibn Baaz said: "Based on this, sending salaams tothe Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam) as an act orworship is an innovation ( bidah ). In fact it is notprescribed to send salaam to anyone who is deceased,

rather salaams are to be said to the dead by one whovisits him (his grave)..." (Majmoo Fataawa al-Shaykh IbnBaaz, 23/416, 417)

We need to realize, my dear brother/sister,that sendingblessings and peace upon our Prophet (Sal Allaahu Alaiyhiwa Sallam is one of the noblest acts of worship andobedience, yet out of His Great Mercy and ImmenseBounties, Allaah Subhaanahu wa Ta'ala has made it so

easyfor us to do so, whenever we want, and to do that agreat deal, from any spot on earth.

So take advantage of that blessing and make the most ofthis Mercy.And next time, when you want to send yoursalaams and blessings on your beloved Prophet (SalAllaahu Alaiyhi wa Sallam), don't wait for anyone going toMadeenah.

Just say Allaahumma Salli ala Muhammad from thebottom of your heart.....with utter love and devotion....and the angels will be honored to carry this piece of loveto him and convey your salaams to him and he will surelyreceive it. Guaranteed.

As-Salaam WalekumAdil KhanBombay.

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