Asl Sifat Salat al-Nabi - Nasir al-Din al-Albani - (3/990)

The Obligation to Invoke Blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Within this sitting he prescribed invoking blessings upon him, just as he prescribed it in the first tashahhud. The various transmitted formulas for doing so have already been mentioned earlier.

He (peace and blessings be upon him) once heard a man supplicating in his prayer without glorifying Allah the Exalted and without sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He said, “This man has been hasty.” He then called the man over and said to him—or to someone else:

“When any one of you prays, let him begin by praising his Lord, the Mighty and Majestic, and extolling Him; then let him send blessings (in another narration: let him send) upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), after which he may supplicate for whatever he wishes.”

[The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) also heard a man praying who glorified and praised Allah and invoked blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said, “Pray and you will be answered; ask and you will be given.”] (1)

(1) The report comes through the Companion Fadala b. Ubayd. It was transmitted by Ahmad (6/18); thereafter by Abu Dawud (1/233), al-Tirmidhi (2/260, Bulaq ed.), and al-Hakim (1/230, 268); by al-Bayhaqi via al-Hakim (2/147–148); and by al-Tahawi in al-Mushkil (3/76–77). Their route is: Abd Allah b. Yazid al-Muqri → Haywah → Abu Hani Humaid b. Hani → Amr b. Malik al-Janbi, who said he heard Fadala b. Ubayd, a Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, recount the incident. The chain is sound and uninterrupted. Al-Tirmidhi graded it “hasan sahih.” Al-Hakim declared it “sahih according to Muslim’s criteria,” and elsewhere “sahih according to the criteria of the two shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim).” Al-Dhahabi concurred with him on both counts—yet they were both mistaken, for Amr b

وجوب الصلاة على النبي ﷺ وسنَّ فيه الصلاة عليه ﷺ، كما سَنَّ ذلك في التشهد الأول. ﴿وقد مضى هناك ذكر الصيغ الواردة في صفة الصلاة عليه ﷺ﴾ . وقد " سمع ﷺ رجلاً يدعو في صلاته؛ لم يُمَجِّدِ الله تعالى، ولم يُصَلِّ على النبي ﷺ؛ فقال: " عَجِلَ هذا ". ثم دعاه، فقال له أو لغيره: " إذا صلى أحدكم؛ فَلْيَبْدَأْ بتحميد ربه جل وعز، والثناء عليه، ثم يصلي (وفي رواية: ليصل) على النبي ﷺ، ثم يدعو بعد بما شاء ". [وسمع رسول الله ﷺ رجلاً يصلي، فَمَجَّدَ الله، وحمده، وصلى على النبي ﷺ؛ فقال رسول الله ﷺ: " ادعُ؛ تُجَبْ، وسَلْ؛ تُعْطَ "] " (١) .

(١) هو من حديث فضالة بن عبيد ﵁. أخرجه الإمام أحمد (٦/١٨) ، وعنه أبو داود (١/٢٣٣) ، والترمذي (٢/٢٦٠ - طبع بولاق) ، والحاكم (١/٢٣٠ و ٢٦٨) ، وعنه البيهقي (٢/١٤٧ - ١٤٨) ، والطحاوي في " المشكل " (٣/٧٦ - ٧٧) عن عبد الله بن يزيد المقرئ: ثنا حيوة قال: أخبرني أبو هانئ حميد بن هانئ عن عَمْرو بن مالك الجَنْبي: ثني أنه سمع فَضالة بن عُبيد صاحب رسول الله ﷺ يقول: ... فذكره. وهذا سند صحيح متصل. وقال الترمذي: " حديث حسن صحيح ". وقال الحاكم: " صحيح على شرط مسلم ". وفي الموضع الآخر: " صحيح على شرط الشيخين ". ووافقه الذهبي فيهما! وقد وَهِمَا؛ فإن عمرو بن