Beautify your Gatherings

عن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم زينوا مجالسكم بالصلاة علي فان صلاتكم علي نور لكم يوم القيامة.رواه الديلمي (القول البديع ص 278)

Hadhrat ibn Umar (Radhiallahu Anhuma) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: “Beautify your gatherings by reciting durood upon me. Verily your durood upon me will be a source of light for you on the day of Qiyaamah.

Glad Tidings for Durood Recited

Hazrat Muhammad bin Maalik (rahimahullah) says:

I travelled to Baghdaad in order to study under Qaari Abu Bakr bin Mujaahid (rahimahullah). While we were seated in a circle around him and reciting, an old man entered with a very old turban on his head, wearing an old tattered shirt and a very old shawl over his shoulders. When Qaari Abu Bakr (rahimahullah) saw him enter, he stood up in honour and respect. He rose from his seat, seated the old man in his place and enquired about his health and the welfare of his family.

The old man replied, “Last night, a son was born to me, and my wife asked me for butter and honey.” After hearing what hard times the old man was passing through in poverty, the Shaikh became very sad, and in this state, his eyes closed and he saw Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) in a dream.

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “O Abu Bakr! Why this sadness and sorrow? Go to the wazeer, Ali bin Isa, and convey to him my salaams, and say to him, ‘You are a man who never sleeps on Friday nights until you have recited one thousand Durood, but this Friday, you only recited seven hundred Durood because the messenger of the king interrupted your recitation as he came to call you to the king’s presence. You went there, and upon returning, you completed the rest of your Durood. Having told him that, tell him to give a hundred dinaars (gold coins) to the father of the newly born child for his necessities.’”

Qaari Abu Bakr bin Mujaahid (rahimahullah) rose immediately and took the old man with him to the wazeer. Arriving there, he said, “Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) has sent this old man to you.” When the wazeer heard this, he rose from his seat and made the old man sit there. Qaari Abu Bakr bin Mujaahid (rahimahullah) then related to him the entire incident.

The wazeer became extremely happy and full of joy. He commanded his slave to bring the money bag, and from the bag, he handed over one hundred dinaars to the old man. He took another hundred dinaars to give Qaari Abu Bakr bin Mujaahid (rahimahullah), but he refused to accept it. The wazeer insisted saying, “Do take it because of the glad tidings that you have brought me. This was a practice between Allah Ta’ala and myself about which you have brought me good news. No one else knew about it. Here, take another hundred. This is for the good news you have brought me. You have made me happy to know that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) is aware of my Durood recited upon him. Take another hundred for the trouble you underwent to come here.”

In this manner, he took out one hundred after another, till an entire thousand had been given. However, Qaari Abu Bakr Mujaahid (rahimahullah) refused to take any of it saying, “Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) commanded us to take only one hundred dinaars, thus we shall not take anything more than that.” (Al-Qowlul Badee’ Pg. 340)