Being Relieved of all Worries

عن أبي بن كعب رضي الله عنه قال قلت يا رسول الله إني أكثر الصلاة عليك فكم أجعل لك من صلاتي ؟ فقال ما شئت قال قلت الربع قال ما شئت فإن زدت فهو خير لك قلت النصف قال ما شئت فإن زدت فهو خير لك قال قلت فالثلثين قال ما شئت فإن زدت فهو خير لك قلت أجعل لك صلاتي كلها قال إذا تكفى همك ويغفر لك ذنبك (سنن الترمذي الرقم ٢٤٥٧: وقال هذا حديث حسن)

Hazrat Ubayy bin Ka’b (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports: I once asked Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), “O Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), I wish to increase my Durood upon you, so from the time I allocate for dua, how much should I reserve for sending Durood upon you?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “As much as you desire.” I asked, “One quarter (i.e. one quarter of the time)?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “If you so wish, and if you increase it, it will be better for you.” I then asked, “One half?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “As much as you desire, and if you increase it, it will be better for you.” I then asked, “Two thirds?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “If you so wish, and if you increase it, it will be better for you.” I finally said, “O Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), in that case, I resolve to devote all the time I have allocated for dua to convey Durood upon you.” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) mentioned, “Allah Ta‘ala will make it a means of relieving you from all your worries (and problems), and a means of atonement for your sins.”

Writing Durood in a Unique Form

Hazrat Abu Ali, Hasan bin Ali Al-attaar (rahimahullah), says:

Abu Taahir (rahimahullah) once gave me a few scripts of Ahaadith. I saw therein that whenever the name of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) was mentioned, Salaat was written in these words:

صَلّٰى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيْمًا كَثِيْرًا كَثِيْرًا كَثِيْرًا

I then asked Abu Taahir, “Why do you write Durood upon Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) in this manner?”

He replied:

In my youth, I used to write Ahaadith and I did not write Salaat with the name of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam). I then saw Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) in a dream and greeted him, but Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) turned his blessed face away from me. I then came to him from the other side and again greeted him, but once again he turned his blessed face away from me. Once again, for the third time, I approached him from the front and enquired, “O Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), why do you turn your blessed face away from me?” Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) replied, “The reason is that whenever you write my name in your kitaab, you do not offer Salaat upon me.” Since that time, it has become my habit that whenever I write the name of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), I also write:

  صَلّٰى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَسْلِيْمًا كَثِيْرًا كَثِيْرًا كَثِيْرًا

(Al-Qowlul Badee’ Pg. 469)