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Assalamualaikum and greetings to all,

The awaited campaign has finally come! Let’s intensify the love towards our beloved Rasulullah s.a.w. with our daily reminders, insyaAllah =) and dont forget to share them with others..~!

(Day 1)

Invoking blessings on the prophet pbuh

Why should we invoke blessings to the prophet?

1.Abdullah bin Amr bin Al-'As reported that he heard the Prophet pbuh, saying, "If anyone invokes blessings upon me once, Allah will bestow blessings upon him ten times over." (Muslim)

2. Aus reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "The best of your days is Friday, so send more and more greetings to me on it, for your greetings are presented to me."They asked, "How are our greetings presented to you while you are dead and your body is turned into dust?" He replied, "Allah has forbidden the earth to consume the bodies of the prophets." (Abu Daw'ud and Nasa'i)

3. Abu Hurairah reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "When any Muslim sends greetings to me, Allah returns my soul to me so that I may respond to his greetings." (Reported by Abu Daw'ud with a sound chain of authorities). - SubhanAllah, what a beautiful hadith =)!

4. Ahmad recorded that Abu Talha Al Ansari said, "The Prophet, peace be upon him, woke up one day cheerful and beaming. His companions exclaimed, 'O Prophet of Allah, you woke up today cheerful and beaming.' He replied, 'Yes! A messenger of Allah, the Mighty and the Glorified, came to me and said, "If anyone from your ummah sends you a salutation, Allah will record for him ten good deeds, wipe off ten of his sins, and raise him thereby ten degrees in rank, and He will return his salutation with a similar salutation".' Ibn Kathir considers this a sound hadith.

So, how should we invoke blessings and peace upon the prophet pbuh?

Abu Mas'ud Al-Ansari reported the following account from Bashir ibn Sa'd: "I asked Prophet, peace be upon him, 'O Messenger of Allah, Allah has commanded us to invoke blessings upon you.How should we do it?' The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, remained silent until we wished we had not asked him. Then he told us to say,

'Allahumma salli 'ala muhammadin wa 'ala ali muhammadin kama sallayta 'ala ali ibrahima wa barik 'ala muhammadin wa 'ala ali muhammadin kama barakta 'ala ibrahima wa 'ala ali ibrahima fil 'alamin, innaka hammidum majeed

(O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You blessed the family of Ibrahim, and give baraka to Muhammad and the family of Muhammad as You gave baraka to the family of Ibrahim, in all the worlds. You are worthy of Praise and Glorious), and then he told us to give the taslim as you have learned it." (Muslim)

So let's all take 5 minutes of our time every day to invoke blessings to our beloved prophet pbuh and pray that we will meet him in Jannah insyaAllah.

To end today's reminder, don't forget to watch our video of the day: (click here)

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Let's spread the love, and don't forget to do lots of 'selawat' for our 

beloved prophet pbuh.

from the "Rahmatan lil alamin" team,

LUMS 10/11(Leicester University Malaysian Society)