Those who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely return.
Those are they on whom are Salat and mercy from their Lord, and those are the followers of the right course. [Suurah Baqrah Aayah 156-157]
Shaykh ibn Uthaymeen said - may Allah have mercy upon him - explaining this verse:
In this verse there is a daleel [evidence] that the 'Salat' from Allah 'azza wa jall is not mercy rather it is more specific and more complete and better, and whoever explained it from amongst the 'ulamaa [scholars] that the Salat from Allah is mercy, and from the Angels it is du'aa [invocation] and from the mankind it is istighfaar [asking for forgivness] then this is not true rather Salat is different from mercy because Allah mentioned Salat together with Rahmah [mercy] and this joining shows a difference in meaning. And there is consensus amongst all the scholars that it is permissible for you to say to any fellow muslim 'o Allah have mercy upon so and so'
But the 'ulamaa differ regarding sending 'Salat' upon a person, is it allowed or prohibited?
There are three stands amongst the 'ulamaa concerning this:
- Amongst them are those who make it permissble, without any conditions being attached to it.
- And others make it impermissible regardless of the circumstance
- The last group make it permissible if it is an add on [meaning the Prophet first and adding people on after him]
And the correct opinion is the last one, as is evident through the statment
'o Allah send Your Salat upon the Prophet Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad'
Or if it is not an add on but it is due to a valid reason as Allah says:
Take alms out of their property, you would cleanse them and purify them thereby, and send your Salat upon them; surely your Salat is a relief to them; and Allah is all Hearing, all Knowing. [Suraah Tawbah Aayah 103]
So if it has a valid reason then there is no problem in that. Then there is no problem for you to say
'o Allah send Your Salat upon so and so'
If a man came to you and said to you
'Here, take my Zakaah and distribute it amongst the poor people'
Then it is allowed for you to say
'May Allah send His Salat upon you'
Just like Allah commanded you to.
JazaakAllahu khairan for sharing this with me. It confirms Alhamdulillah what i tell my husband and his brothers. May Allah reward you for spreading whatever knowledge you are gaining, Ameen. Please don’t forget us and stop telling us what you are learning InshaaAllah.
Sincerely, UmmuYahya.
BaarakAllah feeki, this is a very common practise amongst young men in the west and its considered fashionable or whatever and I thought it best to clarify that it indeed is haram. Feel free to share it with family and friends so they to can benefit inshAllah.
Assalaam o alaykum,
isnt it true that this hadeeth is refering to when ur in ihraam or something? i read an article by shaykh al-albaani a long while ago, so i cant remember EXACTLY what he said….
Could u plz elaborate on this plz… Is there a difference of opinion on this? (im not saying bcz i’m a fashiony dude, but u know… knowledge’s sake)
Wa Alaikum Assalam
To my knowledge this applies to ihraam aswell as outside ihraam. And I do not know a difference of opinion concerning this. However if a person goes for something like Hijaamah (cupping) then he is allowed to shave the parts he needs to do that on and leave the rest.
And Allah knows best.