The Excellence of Darood Sharif

Benefits

Only benefits established in the Qur'an and authentic (Sahih/Hasan) narrations. Weak or fabricated virtues are excluded.

Sahih (Authentic) Hasan (Good) Weak / Fabricated — excluded
  • 1

    Allah returns tenfold blessings upon whoever sends Salawat once.

    Reference: Sahih Muslim 408

  • 2

    Ten sins are erased and ten degrees are raised for a single Salawat.

    Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1297

  • 3

    The Prophet ﷺ is closest on the Day of Judgment to those who send the most blessings.

    Reference: Jami' at-Tirmidhi 484

  • 4

    Withholding Salawat when the Prophet ﷺ is mentioned is the mark of a miser.

    Reference: Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3546

  • 5

    Salawat presented to the Prophet ﷺ on Friday carries special virtue.

    Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1047

  • 6

    Salawat is a means of the Prophet's ﷺ intercession — coupled with the Adhan supplication.

    Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 614