Seeing One’s Abode in Jannah Before Death

عَن أَنس رضي الله عنه قال قال رسول الله صلَى الله عليه وسلم: من صلَى عليَ يوم الجمعة أَلف مرَة لم يمت حتى يرى مقعده من الجنة (القول الدبيع)

Hazrat Anas (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “The one who recites durood upon me a thousand times on the day of Friday, will not pass away until he is shown his abode in Paradise.”

Benefit of Reciting One Thousand Durood on Friday

Hazrat Abu Abdir Rahmaan Al-Muqri (rahimahullah) relates that Khallaad bin Katheer (rahimahullah) was in the throes of death. Under his pillow, a piece of paper was found wherein it was written:

هٰذِهِ بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ النَّارِ لِخَلَّادِ بْنِ كَثِيْرٍ

This is a certificate of freedom from the fire of Jahannum for Khallaad bin Katheer

The people then enquired from his wife as to the reason for him receiving this good fortune. She replied that it was his practice to recite the following Durood one thousand times every Friday:

اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلٰى مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ الْأُمِّيِّ

O Allah, shower your choicest Durood on Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) the unlettered Nabi. (Al-Qowlul Badee’ Pg. 401)