Sayyiduna Abu Bakr Siddeeq رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ Has Stated

‘Reciting Salat upon the Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم removes the sins so quickly that even the water cannot extinguish the fire with such swiftness, and sending Salam upon the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is better than setting the slaves free.’

(Tareekh-e-Baghdad, vol. 7, pp. 172)

          صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد                     صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب