Sending Salutations to the Prophet on Hearing His Name. Is this
Obligatory?
Some Muslim scholars hold that it is obligatory to send salutations
to the Prophet, i.e. invoke blessings upon him, each time one hears
his name mentioned. They, like Al-Tahawi and Al-Halimi, base their
argument on a hadith recorded by Tirmidhi, which he grades as sound,
from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet, (salla llahu alayhi wa sallam)
said, “May the nose of the person in whose presence I am mentioned be
covered with dirt if he does not invoke blessings upon me. And let
the nose of that person be smeared with dust who finds the month of
Ramadan but lets it come to an end without securing pardon for
himself. And may the nose of the person be smeared wlth dust whose
aged parents, both of them or one of them, are still living, and who
fails them (i.e. by serving them) to enter Paradise.” (Related by
Tirmidhi, who said it is an authentic hadith)
In a report related by Abu Dharr we read, “the Prophet, (salla llahu
alayhi wa sallam) said, ‘The most miserly among people is the one who
fails to invoke blessings upon me when my name is mentioned in his or
her presence’.”
Other scholars are of the opinion that invoking Allah’s blessings
upon the Prophet, (salla llahu alayhi wa sallam) only once while in a
gathering is obligatory. After that it is no longer necessary, though
it is preferred to do so. This is based on a hadith from Abu Hurairah
that the Prophet, (salla llahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “If some
people sitting together in an assembly do not remember Allah in it,
nor invoke Allah’s blessings upon His Prophet, (salla llahu alayhi wa
sallam) they will be sorry on the Day of Judgment. Allah may either
punish them or forgive them.” (Tirmidhi)
(Fiqh – us – Sunnah)
“I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He has a grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the straight path. (The truth)”
(11:55-56)
You mind finding out why people kiss their fingers and put them over their eyes everytime they hear our Prophets name? This phenomena i have noticed mostly in Pakistan.
Jitna Diya Sarkar Nay Mujko, Itni Meri Auqat Nahi, Yeh Saab Tumhara Karam Hai Aqa, Mujh Mein Aisi Koi Baat Nahin.
“I put my trust in Allah, my Lord and your Lord! There is not a moving creature, but He has a grasp of its forelock. Verily, my Lord is on the straight path. (The truth)”
(11:55-56)
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Originally posted by CocoNut:
*You mind finding out why people kiss their fingers and put them over their eyes everytime they hear our Prophets name? This phenomena i have noticed mostly in Pakistan.
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sending salutations to the Prophet (pbuh) is obligatory as can be proven by many verses of the Holy Quran and the Hadith....
kissing the thumbs and other such practises are forms of bid'ah (innovations) and r seen mostly in the sub-continenet....
We, Ahlul Bayt (chosen descendants of the Holy Prophet), hold such central and balancing position in religion that those who are deficient in understanding and acting upon its principles, will have to come to us for reformation, and those who are overdoing it have got to learn moderation from us.
IT'S NOT A MUST, BUT VERY RECOMENDED. PROPHET MUHAMMAD DISPRAISED THOSE WHO DON'T MAKE SALAT AND SALAM ON THE PROPHET ** WHEN HIS NAME IS MENTIONED**. PROPHET MUHAMMAD CALLED HIM: BAKHEEL.
SO, IT IS RECOMENDED TO MAKE SALAT AND SALAM ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD.