Excellence of darood sharif

Allah & His angels send blessing on the Prophet: O ya who believe! Send ye blessing on him & salute him with all respects. ( Suray Ahzaab---ayah 56)

Hadith 1 : Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "He who reads a single Durood will be blessed ten times by Almighty Allah while he who reads ten Durood Shareefs will be blessed a hundred times by Almighty Allah. Almighty Allah has also imprints an invisible message on the person's forehead which will read, 'This slave is free from Hypocrisy and the Fire of Hell'. On the Day of Qiyamah, he will be with the Shaheeds". (At Targheeb)

Hadith 2 : Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "Increase your recital of the Durood, for the Durood is the best means of repayment for your sins. Supplicate to Almighty Allah through me, for status and intercession, for certainly, in the Court of Almighty Allah, my mediation is intercession (Shafa'at) for you." (Jaami-us-Sagheer)

Hadith 3 : Nabi Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "The constant reader of the Durood Shareef will be given a brilliant light to accompany him over the Pul-Siraat. He who is given this light will not be among the Dwellers of Hell". (Dalaa'ilul Khayraat)



Hadith 4 : Sayyiduna Anas (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "He who reads a single Durood upon me, Almighty Allah blesses him ten times, ten of his sins are forgiven and he is increased ten times in stages (spiritually)". (Mishkaat)

Hadith 5 : Sayyiduna Abdullah ibn Masood (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "On the Day of Qiyamah, the closest to me from among the people will be those that have read the most amount of Durood". (Tirmidhi: Kanzul Amaal)

Hadith 6 : Sayyiduna Abu Talha (radi Allahu anhu) narrates that he once entered the Court of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and noticed that the Habeeb of Almighty Allah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was in a state of great joy and happiness. When he inquired as to the reason for this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) replied that, "Why should I not be happy and joyous? At this very moment Sayyiduna Jibra'el Ameen (alaihis salaam) has brought me a message. Almighty Allah has declared, 'O Muhammad! Are you not pleased with this, that if any of your followers sends a single Durood upon you, I and My Angels (Malaa'ikah) send ten blessings upon that person, ten of his sins are pardoned and ten good deeds are recorded in his favour. He who sends Salaams upon you, I send Salaams upon him, so therefore, notify your Ummah of this good news and tell them that it is now left to them to either increase or decrease the recital of the Durood Shareef'". (Nisaai)

Hadith 7 : It is reported that once Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) was sitting in the Masjid when a person entered to perform his Salaah. After the Salaah, the person made Du'a to Almighty Allah in the following manner, "O Allah! Please forgive me and have mercy on me". On hearing this, Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) stated, "O Reciter of the Salaah! You have been extremely hasty. When you complete the Salaah, you must first praise Almighty Allah according to His Magnificence and then read the Durood Shareef. Only then should you beg Almighty Allah for what you desire".

Hadith 8 : It is reported that someone asked Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam), "O Nabi of Allah, if one adopts the recital of the Durood Shareef daily, how then will it be?" Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu wasallam) replied, "If you do this, then enough for you is Allah in the affairs of this world and the next". (Al Qolul Badi)

Hadith 9 : Sayyiduna Rasoolullah (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said, "He who reads one thousand Durood Shareefs daily will not leave this world till he sees his abode in Jannatul Firdous". (Kashful Gumma)

"Invite all to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching;
And consult with them in ways that are best and most gracious."[16:125]