Salawat al-Askandari

Allahumma salli `ala Sayyidina Muhammadini ’s-saabiqi li ’l-khalqihi nooruhu wa rahmatan li ’l-`alameena zhuhooruhu `adada mam-madaa min khalqika wa mam-baqiya wa man sa`ida minhum wa man shaqiya salaatan tastaghriqu ’l-`adda wa tuheetu bi ’l-haddi salaatan laa ghaayata lahaa wa laa muntahaa wa laa amadala wa lanqidaa salaatan daa’imatan bi-dawaamika baaqiyatan bi-baqaaika wa `ala aalihi wa sahbihi kadhaalik wa ‘l-hamdulillahi `ala dhalik.

Allahumma yaa Rabbee salli `ala Muhammadin wa `ala aali Muhammad wajzihi Muhammadan `anna maa huwa ahluhu. Allahumma salli `ala Muhammadin wa `ala aali Muhammadin `adada maa `alimta wa zeenata maa `alimta wa mil’a maa `alimta. Allahumma salli wa sallim wa baarik `ala Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadin wa `ala kulli nabiyyin wa `ala Jibraa’eela wa `ala kulli malakin wa `ala Abi Bakrin wa `ala kulli waliyyin.

Al-`Allamah Jamaluddin ibn Muhammad ibn `Ali al-Askandari, the judge, the walking perfect scholar of his time, said, "Every day my wazifa (wird/) was to recite prayers on the Prophet (s) 1000 x 1000 times."

[In seclusion we are ordered to go up to 24,000 Salaat `ala an-Nabi (s) in 24 hours]

It took his night and his day to complete. That means he was always busy with Salawat `alaa an-Nabi (s) even though he is involved in working with people as a judge, but his heart is busy with Salawat on the Prophet .

One day Jamaluddin bin `Ali Askandari saw the Prophet in a dream who said to him, “Yaa Muhammad Ibn `Ali al-Askandari! I will teach you some words that if you read them, it will be as if you read the whole wird with all its rewards! Repeat it ten times, it will be as if you have recited your entire wird all day and all night, and you will get the benefits of that reward in addition to the wird you are already doing. Repeat after me,” and we are saying after the Prophet :

O Allah! Exalt our Master Muhammad, whose light preceded all Creation, whose appearance is Mercy to All the Worlds, on the number of Your Creations that have passed before and the number of those that remain, those who are fortunate and those who are not, with blessings that exceed all count and that encompass all limits, blessings with no limits, no boundaries, ceaseless blessings that are eternal, enduring as You endure! And likewise bless his Family ² and his Companions ², and grant him and them abundant peace in like measure.

O Allah, O my Lord! Exalt our Master Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad, and reward our Master Muhammad just as he deserves to be rewarded. O Allah! Exalt Muhammad and the Family of Muhammad on the number of Your Decorations and on the beauty of Your Decorations and as full as what You know. O Allah, O my Lord! Exalt and greet and bless our Master Muhammad and every Prophet, Jibril and every angel, Abu Bakr and every saint.

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