Blessings of Ṣalāt-‘Alan-Nabī صَلَّی اللہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم

The Prophet of mankind, the Peace of our heart and mind, the Most Generous and Kind صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said, ‘For as long as a believer recites Ṣalāt (Durūd) upon me, the angels continue to send blessings upon him. Now, it is that person’s choice whether he recites more or less.’

(Sunan Ibn-e-Mājaĥ, vol. 1, pp. 490, Ḥadīš 907)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

A veiled woman who had her child cradled to her chest stood crying in a monastery (Darbār). A boy approached the woman and sympathetically asked her the reason for her crying. She replied, ‘Son! My husband passed away from this world with the desire to witness the beauty of his son. At that time, this child was in the womb and up until now he was the survivor of his father and the principal of my life. He had suddenly fallen ill so I brought him to this monastery for spiritual cure, but he died on the way. However, I have still presented myself here whilst maintaining great hope, because I know that the saint of this monastery is very close to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ and anything is possible via his blessed gaze, but the saint has advised me to observe patience and has gone inside.’

After saying this, the woman started weeping again, the boy’s heart softened and he proclaimed the following merciful words, ‘Your baby is not dead, he is still alive. Look! He is breathing.’ Without any hesitation the saddened mother moved the blanket from her child’s corpse and to her amazement, she found that he was alive and playing with his hands and feet. At that moment the saint of the monastery came out; witnessing the baby alive, he understood what had taken place. The saint got his stick and approached the boy and said, ‘You have started revealing the secrets inscribed by the Holy Pen so early.’

The boy ran into the direction of the graveyard and the aged saint ran behind him. Upon entering the graveyard the boy shouted, ‘O people of the graveyard! Please help me.’ When the saint reached the graveyard he was shocked to see that 300 corpses had come out from their graves and had shielded the boy who was stood with a smile on his moonlit face. The saint looked at the boy with great sorrow and said, ‘Son! I cannot achieve your rank and therefore I surrender myself before you according to your will.’

My dear Islamic brothers! Do you know who that boy was? The boy’s name was ‘Abd-ul-Qādir who later became famous through the title of Ghauš-ul-A’ẓam عَلَیۡهِ رَحْمَةُ اللهِ الۡاَ کۡرَم and that saint was his maternal grandfather Sayyīdunā ‘Abdullaĥ Sawma’ī.

(Al-Ḥaqāiq fil Ḥadāiq, vol. 1, pp. 42)

Kiyūn na Qāsim ĥo keĥ tu Ibn-e-Abī al-Qāsim ĥay

Kiyūn na Qādir ĥo keĥ Mukhtār ĥay Bābā tayrā

(Ḥadāiq-e-Bakhshish)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد