عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى قال لقيني كعب بن عجرة فقال ألا أهدي لك هدية سمعتها من النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلت بلى فأهدها لي فقال سألنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقلنا يا رسول الله كيف الصلاة عليكم أهل البيت فإن الله قد علمنا كيف نسلم عليكم قال قولوا اللهم صل على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد اللهم بارك على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما باركت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميد مجيد (صحيح البخاري، الرقم: ۳۳۷۰)
:Abdur Rahman ibnu Abi Layla reports
Hazrat Ka’b bin Ujrah once met me and asked, Should I not gift you with something that I acquired from Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم ?” I replied “Yes, indeed. Please do gift it to me.” He said, “On one occasion, we asked Rasulullah صل الله عليه وسلم, O Rasul of Allah صل الله عليه وسلم ,what is the manner of reciting Salaat upon you and your family, for indeed Allah تبارک و تعالی has taught us (through you) how to recite Salaam upon you?” Rasulullah صل الله عليه وسلم replied, “Say
اَللهم صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيْدٌ مَجِيْدٌ اَللهم بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ إِنَّكَ حَمِيْدٌ مَجِيْدٌ
O Allah تبارک و تعالی , shower Your mercy upon Muhammad صل الله عليه وسلم , as You showered Your mercy upon Ebrahim عليه السّلام and the family of Ebrahim عليه السّلام. Indeed, You are praiseworthy and most glorious. O Allah تبارک و تعالی, shower Your blessings upon Muhammad صل الله عليه وسلم and the family of Muhammad صل الله عليه وسلم as You showered Your blessings upon Ebrahim عليه السّلام , and the family of Ebrahim عليه السّلام. Indeed, You are praiseworthy and most glorious.”
(The Gift of Durood and Salaam pg.102)
Honour and Respect for the Blessed Hair of Hazrat Rasulullah صل الله عليه وسلم
Hazrat Abu Hafs, Umar bin Hasan Samarqandi , narrates the following incident in his kitaab, Rownaqul Majaalis:
There was once a wealthy businessman who resided in the city of Balkh and had two sons. After his demise, his two sons divided his estate between them equally included in the estate were three strands of the blessed hair of Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم . In winding up the estate, each son took one strand, leaving the third strand belonging to both of them.
Hence, the elder brother suggested, “Let us cut the third strand into half so that we can each take our share from the strand.” However, the younger brother did not agree to this saying, “No! By Allah , the respect and honour that we are supposed to show to Rasulullah is such that it is inappropriate for us to cut the strand of his blessed hair.”
When the elder brother witnessed the love and respect that his younger brother had for the blessed hair of Rasulullah صل الله عليه وسلم he proposed, “Why don’t you take all three strands of hair in exchange of your share of the inheritance?”
Out of love for Rasulullah, the younger brother agreed. Accordingly, the elder brother took all the wealth of the estate while the younger brother took the three strands of hair. The younger brother placed them in his pocket with utmost respect.
Thereafter, he would continuously take them out of his pocket, gaze at them with love and recite Durood upon Rasulullah. He would then return them to his pocket.
After some period of time had passed, all the wealth of the elder brother had depleted, whereas the younger brother was granted abundant wealth by Allah.
After some time, however, the younger brother passed away. After he left this world, a pious person had a dream in which he saw the younger brother together with Rasulullah صل الله عليه وسلم.
Rasulullah صل الله عليه وسلم addressed the pious person and said, “Tell the people that if anyone has a need from Allah , he should go to the grave of this person (referring to the younger brother) and make dua to Allah to fulfill his need. His needs will be fulfilled.” People would thereafter come to the grave of this brother in order to make dua, until even those who would be passing by on their conveyances would dismount and walk on foot out of respect before reaching the grave.”
(The Gift of Durood and Salaam pg.210)
يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمَاً أَبَدًا عَلَىْ حَبِيْبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“O Sustainer, shower Salaat and Salaam forever and ever upon Your beloved, who is the best of all creation.”
جَزَی اللہُ عَنَّا نَبِيَّنَا مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْه وسَلَّمَ بِمَا هُوَ أَھْلُهُ
May Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله reward our Nabi Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم on our behalf such a reward that is due to Him.