DUROOD SHAREEF

What is Durood Shareef?
To recite the Durood Shareef & send Salaams upon Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) is an action that has been commanded by Almighty Allah. Almighty Allah declares in the Holy Quran:

"Allah & His Angels send blessings on the Prophet: O you who believe! Send your blessings on him & salute him will respect." (33:56)

In this verse of the Holy Quran, Almighty Allah & His Malaa'ikah & the Muslims have been mentioned as sending Durood upon Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). So, Durood Shareef is actually "a Du'a in praise of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam).

There is abundance of Thawaab for one who reads the Durood Shareef. The more Durood Shareef that you read, the more closer you get to Almighty Allah & His beloved Rasool (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

When Almighty Allah sends Durood & Salaams upon Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), He is actually blessing him. When the Malaa'ikah &  the Muslims send Durood & Salaams to Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), they are actually showing Almighty Allah their respect for the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

Muslims hope that, through the blessings of the Durood & Salaams, Almighty Allah will forgive them of their sins & increase their status in this world & in the Aakhirah. The Malaa'ikah hope that Almighty Allah will increase their status.

How to read the Durood Shareef
  1. Always be in a state of cleanliness when you are reciting the Durood Shareef.
  2. It is better to sit in the Tashahudd position as you would sit when in Salaah & recite the Durood Shareef with concentration & the respect due to it.
  3. One should face the Qiblah of the blessed city of Madina-tul-Munawwarah.
  4. Recite Durood Shareef wherever you are (not in the bathroom or toilet) & during any occasion.
Blessings of Durood Shareef
A few benefits of reciting the Durood Shareef are:
  1. Almighty Allah & His Angels (Malaa'ikah) send blessings upon the person who recites the Durood Shareef.
  2. If one reads a single Durood Shareef, one gets 10 Thawaabs, 10 of one's sins are forgiven, 10 good deeds are given to that person & one's respect is increased 10 times.
  3. Durood Shareef saves a person from Hell (Jahannam) & makes a person enter Heaven (Jannat) with the Martyrs (Shuhadaa).
  4. Any Du'a which begins & ends with Durood Shareef is always accepted.
  5. The reciter will be in the company of Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) on the day of Qiyaamat.
  6. A person will be given good news of his or her place in Jannat long before he or she passes away.
  7. A person who reads 100 Duroods will receive 1,000 Sawaabs from Almighty Allah.
  8. The Angels begin to love & help a person who reads the Durood Shareef.
  9. The Durood Shareef assists a person when he or she dies.
  10. A single Durood Shareef is more in weight than the Mountain of Uhud.
  11. Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) sees & hears a person who reads the Durood Shareef.
  12. A person is saved from the terrible events on the Day of Qiyaamat.
  13. The reciter is blessed with Barakat & wealth.
  14. The person will not feel thirsty on the Day of Qiyaamat.
  15. One who reads 100 Durood Shareef's daily, then 100 of that person's needs are fulfilled. Thirty of this world & seventy of the Hereafter.
  16. Reading 100 Durood Shareef's is equal to spending the whole night in Ibaadat.
  17. The place where Durood Shareef is read is greatly blessed.
  18. The Durood Shareef saves a person from the evils of jealousy, hatred, etc.
  19. The house, business or the place where Durood Shareef is read is greatly blessed.
  20. Durood Shareef increases one's memory. (Students must make it a habit to recite Durood Shareef before their lessons.)
  21. The reciter of Durood Shareef is greatly loved by Sayyiduna Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam).

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