بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

It is mentioned in the hadeeth that Allah Ta’ala has commanded a group of angels to disperse on the earth and present the greetings and salutations recited upon Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) to Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam). They convey the greeting and say, “So and so, the child of so and so, has recited this greeting and salutation for you.” Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) becomes pleased and replies to the greeting.

Now a person may question that since we are reciting durood for a lengthy period, how is it that we have not seen any angels? The answer is that ‘seeing’ is not a pre-condition for existence. To ‘see’ or ‘witness’ something physical and use this as the benchmark for acceptance, is a grave error. Our rationale should be that whatever Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) has stated, is sufficient for us to accept.

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We have to bring within ourselves the conviction that whatever Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) has said is true.

“Whoever recites durood on Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) from whichever part of the world, the angels convey it to Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) exactly in the manner it was read.”

If we recite durood at the blessed grave of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), he hears it directly; this is established in a hadeeth of Baihaqi. It is also mentioned in another hadeeth,

“Whoever recites durood on me by my grave, I can hear him and whoever reads durood upon me from afar, it is conveyed to me.”

Therefore, we should not place our confidence and reliance on our eyes. The aspect to place our confidence in is the blessed sayings of Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam), whether we are able to see it or not.

Tonight is the night of jumu’ah. Recitation of durood on jumu’ah and the night of jumu’ah has been emphasised upon in the hadeeth. Rasulullah (sallallahu alaihi wasallam) becomes extremely pleased when anyone reads durood upon him. Therefore, recite durood as much as possible. Actually, we should be continuously reciting durood.

May Allah bless us with the correct taufeeq. Aameen.