Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
عن عبد الله رضي الله عنه قال : إذا أراد أحدكم أن يسأل فليبدأ بالمدحة والثناء على الله بما هو أهله ثم ليصل على النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم ثم ليسأل بعد فإنه أجدر أن ينجح (المعجم الكبير رقم 8780)
Hadhrat Abdullah bin Mas’ood (Radhiallahu Anhu) reports: “When any one of you wishes to supplicate before Allah Ta’ala in duaa, then begin by first glorifying Allah Ta’ala and praising Him with praises that are befitting His majesty and honour, then recite durood upon Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam), and thereafter ask of Allah Ta’ala (whatever you desire). Certainly (by following this method of making duaa), one will be successful in getting his duaa answered.
Salvation through the Abundant Recitation of Durood
A person once saw Abu Hafs Al-Kaaghazi (rahimahullah), who was a very pious person, in a dream after his demise. On seeing Abu Hafs (rahimahullah), he asked him, “How did Allah Ta’ala deal with you?” Abu Hafs (rahimahullah) replied, “Allah Ta’ala had mercy on me, forgave me and admitted me into Jannah.” When Abu Hafs (rahimahullah) was asked the reason for him being honoured and blessed in this manner, he said, “When I stood before Allah Ta’ala, He commanded the angels to commence counting my deeds. They thus counted my sins and counted my Durood upon Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam), and found that my Durood upon Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) outnumbered my sins. Allah Ta’ala then said to the angels, ‘O My angels! This is sufficient! Do not take him to account for his sins and enter him into my Jannah!’” (Al Qowl-ul-Badee pg. 259)
يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ وَ سَلِّم دَائِمًا أَبَدًا عَلَى حَبِيبِكَ خَيرِ الخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
