Salawāt Brings You Closer

Allāhumma salli ‘ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa ‘ala ‘āli Sayyidina Muhammad. Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla is commanding this to all Muslims: make salawāt on our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Because Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla and the angels are all glorifying our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam and making salāt and salām upon him ﷺ.

Our sending of salāt and salām doesn’t benefit our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. It is for our own benefit. Its benefit is for us. The more salāt and salām you make, the more rewards Allāh ﷻ records for you, the more your rank rises and the closer you become. You become closer to Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

When you don’t do that, you become arid, soulless. When one trusts himself and becomes arrogant saying, “Who is that? I am the same,” he is completely following shayṭān.

Praising our Holy ‎Prophet ﷺ is the greatest benefit for people, and especially for Muslims. Those Muslims who embraced Islām for the sake of the honorable face of Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, Allāh ﷻ has bestowed favors upon them.

Therefore, sending salāt and salām upon our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is among the greatest acts of worship. Honoring our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is an honor towards Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Loving him ﷺ is loving Allāh ‘Azza wa-Jalla.

In everything – the more you honor and respect our Holy ‎Prophet ﷺ, the more Allāh ﷻ bestows His ﷻ favors upon you, the more He ﷻ honors you.

When you send salāt and salām, our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam says, “I will surely return it in return.” Our ‎Prophet ﷺ gives good tidings that when you send salāt and salām, our ‎Prophet ﷺ accepts it and returns it. What a beautiful thing this is!

Most people say, “Let me see our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam in my dream.” But when one sends salāt and salām, he immediately receives salāt and salām from our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. You will be closer. “I will see him ﷺ in my dream. I will sleep, I will wake up. I have waited for years.” If Allāh ﷻ destined it, it will happen.

But salāt and salām are always immediately sent to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. He ﷺ is informed about you. He ﷺ gives you your reply.

May Allāh ﷻ increase our love towards him ﷺ, in shā’a Llāh, for the sake of this blessed Friday. May He ﷻ not lead us out of the right way. May He ﷻ not make us follow our egos, in shā’a Llāh. Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

There are recited Qur’an Khatms, Yasin Sharīf, Ayāt, Surahs, Tasbihāt, Tahlilāt, Salawat, Khatms of Dalā’il al-Khayrāt. They have entrusted all these Surahs, blessed Ayāt and Khatms to us from all over the world. We gift them firstly to our Prophet ṣallá Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, his ﷺ Ahlu l-Bayt and ṣaḥābah, souls of all Anbiya, Awliya, Asfiya and Prophets.

To the souls of our Mashayikh. Especially our Shaykh, Mawlānā Shaykh Nāẓim, Hala Sultān, Hajjah Anne Sultān. To the souls of all our passed ones. May whatever goals those who recited have be reached. For happiness here and hereafter. May Allāh ﷻ have mercy upon all our brothers who passed away; especially Hüseyin Efendi. May Allāh ﷻ raise his maqām.

May Allāh ﷻ grant patience to their families. For happiness here and hereafter for us all. Li-Llahi Ta’āla.