Some people say that it is Bid'at (innovation) to read the Durood Shareef before & after the Azaan. The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at believes that it is permissible to recite the Durood Shareef before & after the Azaan. This is a current practice in many of the Arab countries.The following Quranic verse commands us to send Durood & Salaam upon the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) & no specified time has been set aside for this. Allah Ta'ala says: "O ye who Believe! Send Durood & Salaams upon him in abundance." (Part 22, Ruku 4)
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said that when we hear the voice of the Mu'azzin, we should repeat whatever he has said & then send Durood Shareef upon him. He said that the person who sends one Durood upon him, Allah Ta'ala will send ten mercies upon that person. (Sahih Muslim, Al-Qaul-ul-Badi) In this Hadees Shareef, proof is found here that the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) asked us to recite the Durood Shareef after the Azaan.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) said: "If, when performing any good deed you do not commence with the praise of Allah & send Durood upon me, then that deed is empty of blessings." (Al-Jaami Sagheer) Which Muslim is there who does not consider the Azaan to be a good deed?
In fact it was Salahud'din Ayyubi (radi Allahu anhu) who gave the command of Durood Shareef to be recited before & after the Azaan. Hazrat Salahud'deen Ayubi (alaihir rahmah) was a very great & pious King who liberated the Baitul Muqaddas. Great Muhaqiqeen & Muhaddiseen made Du'as for him.
Qaazi Iyaz (alaihir rahmah) said that it is permissible to read Durood Shareef at the time of Azaan. He says, "& from among the occassions on which Durood should be sent, one of them is at the time of remembering him (Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam), when taking or writing his blessed name or at the time of Azaan." (Shifa Shareef)
Mulla Ali Qaari (alaihir rahmah) in his book "Fath-ul-Moin" says that Durood should not only be recited before Azaan, but also before the Iqaamat.
Sheikh Kabeer Bakari (alaihir rahmah) has stated that it is desirable to recite Salaat-us-Salaam before the Azaan & the Iqaamat.
Thus, to recite Durood Shareef before & after the Azaan is totally permissible & those who follow this are the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at. This practise is still followed in many Arab countries.
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