SALAWAAT TAUGHT BY THE BELOVED PROPHET Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam The most famous salaat (invocation of blessing) taught by the Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam is of course As-Salaatu'l Ibrahimiyya (called Durood-e-Ibrahim in Urdu) which is recited in salaah (obligatory five times daily prayers). This salaat is reported in the blessed Hadith Shareef in Sahih Bukhari by Hadhrat AbdurRahman bin Abi Layla Radhy Allahu 'Anhu. We also find it in books of Hadith Shareef compiled by Imam Muslim, Imam Abu Dawud, Imam Tirmidhi and Imam an-Nasaai, Rahmatullahi 'alaihim ajma'een as noted by Imam Yusuf an-Nab'haani in Al-Anwaar u'l Muhammadiyyah (The Muhammadan Lights). Its transliteration and translation is:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in Kamaa Sallayta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima Innaka Hameedun Majeed

Allahumma Baarik 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in Kamaa Baarakta 'alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

O Allah! Shower blessings upon Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad as You showered blessings upon Sayyidina Ibrahim and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim. Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

O Allah! Bestow favours upon Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad as You bestowed favours upon Sayyidina Ibrahim and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim. Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Al-Hafiz as-Sakhawi Rahmatullahi 'alaih has compiled about forty different ways of reciting As-Salaatu'l Ibrahimiyyah that had been reported in books of Hadith Shareef, a majority of which we find interspersed in Dalaail u'l Khayraat. An example of one such variation as reported in a Hadith Shareef by Hadhrat 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Radhy Allahu 'Anhu in Haakim is:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in Wa Baarik 'alaa Muhammad-in wa 'alaa aali Muhammad-in Warham Muhammad-an wa aali Muhammad-in Kamaa Sallayta wa Baarakta wa Tarahhamta 'Alaa Ibrahima wa 'alaa aali Ibrahima Innaka Hameedun Majeed.

O Allah! Shower blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad, and bestow favours on Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad, and have mercy on Sayyidina Muhammad and on the family of Sayyidina Muhammad, as You blessed, bestowed favours and had mercy on Sayyidina Ibrahim and on the family of Sayyidina Ibrahim. Surely, You are the Praiseworthy, Glorious.

Besides As-Salatu'l Ibrahimiyyah, Rasulullah Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam also taught his sahaba (companions) many other salawaat. We learn of one such salaat and its benefits from a blessed Hadith Shareef quoted by Sayyidina al-Imam al-Habib 'Abdallah bin 'Alawi al-Haddad Radhy Allahu 'Anhu Wanfa'na bihi (1044-1132 A.H.) in an-Nasaaih id-Diniyya (Sincere Religious Advices) as narrated by Hadhrat Ruwayfi' ibn Thaabit al-Ansari Radhy Allahu 'Anhu and reported by Imam Ahmad Rahmatullahi 'alaih.

Wa qaala 'alaihi's-Salaatu wa's-Salaam: man qaala Allahumma Salli 'alaa Muhammad-in Wa anzilhu'l maq'adal muqarraba 'indaka qauma'l qiyamah Wajabat lahu shafa'atee.

He said, may blessings and salutations be upon him, "My intercession is obligatory on whoever recites (this salaat): O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad and give him a seat near You on the Day of Judgement".

Dalaail u'l Khayraat contains this salaat but with slightly different wording as follows:

Allahumma Salli 'alaa Sayyidina Muhammad-in Wa anzilhu'l manzila'l muqarraba yauma'l qiyamah

O Allah! Bestow blessings on Sayyidina Muhammad and give him a place nearby on the Day of Judgement.