the divine excellence in reciting durood-sharif & salutation (salaam) on the

prophet (peace and blessings of allah be upon him)

- a collection of 40 hadith

by ameer-e-ahle sunnat hazrat maulana muhammad ilyas qadri saheb

allah (swt)'s grand order (as contained in the holy qu'ran) being:-

"undoubtedly allah (swt) and his angels send blessings on the prophet (saw) -
the communicator of unseen news. o' you who believe! send upon him (saw) blessings
and salute him (saw) fully well in ample quantity." (quran surah 33:verse 56)

forty grand orders of the madni sovereign (saw)

1. on the day of judgement the nearest person to me, from amongst the people,
would be the one who would have recited durood sharif the most in this (mortal)
world. (tirmazi, kanzul-ummal)

2. the one who recites durood sharif once, allah (swt) sends ten blessings upon
him, eradicates ten of his sins and improves ten of his grades. (mishquat)

3. you decorate your meetings by durood sharif on me because your durood sharif
would (turn out to) be the divine light for yourself on the "day of judgement".
(jameh saghir)

4. the one who used-to recite durood sharif would be bestowed with divinely
shining light at the "paradise pathway" (extremely narrow bridge providing the
only approach to paradise), and the one bestowed with divinely shining light (on
the paradise pathway) would not be from amongst the ones destined to be thrown in
fire (hell). (dilayal-ul-khairat)

5. undoubtedly on the "day of judgement" the individual able to find himself free
speedily from the horrors and the valleys too difficult to pass would be the one
who would have recited durood sharif in exceedingly large number. (shafa-sharif)

6. on the "day of judgement" some groups of people shall come to me at my paradise

reservoir, (howday kawser) whom i would be knowing by means of their having
recited durood sharif in exceedingly large number. (kashful-ghumma)

7. the one who recites durood sharif once, allah (swt) rewards ten of his
blessings upon him and the one who recites durood sharif ten times, allah (swt)
bestows one hundred blessings upon him and the one who recites durood sharif one
hundred times, allah (swt) gets written down in between his two eyes "this being
is (freed) of hypocrisy and fire of hell" and would keep that being on the day of
judgement with martyrs i.e. those who happen to have met their end fighting the
disbelievers in war in the way of allah (swt). (attarghib-wattarhib)

8. the one who used-to recite durood sharif one thousand times daily, he would not
meet his end (i.e. die) until he is made to see his home in paradise. (attarghib-
wattarhib)

9. the one who recites durood sharif ten times, allah (swt) rewards one hundred
divine blessings upon him, and the one who recites durood sharif one hundred
times, allah (swt) bestows one thousand divine blessings descended upon him, and
the one who recites durood sharif with passionate love even more than that, i
would be his advocate and witness (in his being a man of true belief and a
virtuous being) on the "day of judgement". (alqoul-ul-badih)
10. when an individual recites durood sharif once, allah (swt) rewards ten
blessings upon him. now it is upto an individual's own wish whether he recites
durood sharif more or less (in number). (alqoul-ul-badih)

11. the one who recites durood sharif once, allah (swt) rewards ten goodnesses
written down in the divine record of his deeds, forgives ten of his sins and
upgrades him by ten grades and (all) this is equivalent (in compensation) to
freeing ten slaves. (attarghib-wattarhib)

12. as long as an individual keeps reciting durood sharif, allah's (swt) angels
keep reciting durood sharif on-to him. now it is your own (sweet) will whether you
recite durood sharif less or more in number. (alqoul-ul-badih)

13. the one who would recites durood sharif i would be his advocate on the "day of
judgement". (alquol-ul-badih)

14. an individual who, because of his love for me and inclination towards me,
recites durood sharif three times (each) every day and three times (each) every
night it becomes necessary on allah (swt) to forgive that individual sins of that
day and that night. (attarghib-wattarhib)

15. the one who likes (desires) that at the time of his being presented to the
court of allah (swt), allah (swt) be pleased with him he should get used-to recite
durood sharif excessively (in large number). (kashful-ghumma)

16. when you forget something recite durood sharif, if allah (swt) willing, you
shall have the recollection (of that thing). (saadat-ud-daerain)

17. when two friends meet each other, shake hands and recite durood sharif in
favour of the madni lord (saw), then before they part all their preceding and
future sins are forgiven. (attarghib-wattarhib)

18. your reciting of durood sharif would be the divinely shining light for you on
the day of judgement, in the darkness of the paradise pathway (an extremely narrow
bridge providing the only approach to paradise). and an individual who wishes that
on the dooms-day he be given conpensation in brimful form he should get used to
reciting durood sharif in exceedingly large number. (saadat-ud-daerain)

19. your reciting of durood sharif is the protector of your benedictory prayers,
the reason of the providence getting pleased with you and the ablution purity of
your deeds. (saadat-ud-daerain)

20. the one who puts down (words) of durood sharif in (any) book, then as long as
my auspicious name remains recorded in that (book), the angels would keep begging
allah (swt) for forgiveness for him by repetition of the formula.
"astaghfir'ullah". (saadat-ud-daerain)

21. an individual who wrote any point of learning from my side and with that also
wrote the (words of) durood sharif then as long as that book is read he would
continue to have the compensation (thereof) accrueing to him. (saadat-ud-daerain)

22. on the "day of judgement" allah (swt) would have the noble scholars of
"hadith" of the prophet (saw) and the scholars of faith, raised, and the ink (of
their pen) would be emitting sweet fragrance. when presented in the court of the
providence, allah (swt) would say to them, "you had been reciting durood sharif in
favour of my beloved (saw) for a long time. o' angels! take these (most blessed
beings) into paradise". (saadat-ud-daerain)
23. the "one" who read the holy quran, praised his cherisher and then recited
durood sharif in my favour he left no (any) good to remain unsearched from its
places. (alqoul-ul-badih)

24. the one who is used to reciting durood sharif fifty times the whole day i
would shake hands with him on the "day of judgement". (alqoul-ul-badih)

25. for every thing there is cleanness (sanctity), and bath and the sanctity of
the rust of heart of the faithful believers is to recite durood sharif. (alqoul-
ul-badih)

26. for the one who recites durood sharif once, allah (swt) commands that one
carat of compensation be written down for him in the divine record of his deeds.
and a carat is equivalent to mount "uhud" (in weight and volume). (alqoul-ul-
badih)

27. the one who recited durood sharif abundantly in his life time, allah (swt)
would, at the time of his death, order all his creations to pray for that being's
forgiveness. (nuzhatul majalis)

28. in the magnificent night of friday (i.e. the night between thursday and
friday) and the luminous day of friday recite durood sharif in my favour
abundantly because your recited durood sharif is presented to me (by the angels).
(jameh saghir).

29. recite durood sharif on friday in abundance because it is the "day of presence
of angels (for witness)". on this day angels present themselves (in my court). and
undoubtedly when any one from amongst you recites durood sharif in my favour then
before he has finished his recitation of durood sharif in my favour, his durood
sharif reaches my court. (jameh saghir)

30. recite durood sharif on the day of "friday" and the "friday night" (the night
between thursday and friday) excessively because who-so-ever does that, i shall
stand witness to him and would be his advocate on the "day of judgement". (jameh
saghir)

31. when the day of thursday comes allah (swt) causes angels, who have papers of
silver and pens of gold, descended upon the earth. they put down (names) as to who
recites durood sharif on (the day of) thursday and the night between thursday and
friday, in favour of the lord promoter of peace till time without end and the
intercessor on the day of reckoning, the maximum. (saadat-ud-daerein)

32. an individual who is used to reciting durood sharif one hundred times on
fridays he, when comes on the day of judgement, would be having with him such
(splendoured) shining light (and in so profuse form) that if the same is
distributed amongst the entire creations [of almighty allah (swt)] it would
suffice all of them. (dalayl-ul-khairat)

33. recite durood sharif on friday and in the night between thursday and friday
excessively, because on the rest of the days (of a week), the angels keep
conveying to me your durood sharif in my favour but (the individuals) who recite
durood sharif on friday and (during) the night between thursday and friday i hear
such being's durood sharif by my own self (without any angel being in-between).
(nuzhatul majalis)

34. the individual who forgot to recite durood sharif he lost the pathway leading
to paradise. (alqoul-ul-badih)
35. (truly) a miserly person is he who (when) heard my name being mentioned did
not recite durood sharif in my favour. (mishquat)

36. three individual (types) shall remain deprived of the privilege of seeing me
(in dreams). the "one" who is disobedient to his parents. the "one" who after
having met-with any of my sunnun for practice gave up the same : and, the one
before whom, mention of my name was made, (but) he did not recite durood sharif in
my favour. (alqoul-ul-badih)

37. the people who sit in any meeting and in that don't recite durood sharif in
favour of the madni sovereign (saw), if those people are able to get into paradise
by any means they would be over-whelmed with grief when they see the (big)
compensation (having accrued to the people who were used to recite durood sharif
in favour of the sovereign of madeenah (saw) excessively in meetings in this
world). (alqoul-ul-badih)

38. the one whom mention of my name was made but (he) did not recite durood sharif
in my favour he would go to hell. (alqoul-ul-badih)

39. every piece of work done with (some) purpose but begun without the call of
allah's (swt) name and the call of durood sharif in favour of the prophet (saw)
remains unfavourable and cut off from goodness. (matale-ul-musarrat)

40. the one who recited durood sharif he undoubtedly opened seventy doors of
divine sympathy for himself. and allah (swt) instills love for him, in the hearts
of men. therefore, only that individual would bear a grudge against him who
maintains pretence at heart. (kashful ghumma)

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