BLESSINGS

BLESSING:

33:56 - Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet: O ye that believe! send ye

blessings on him and salute him with all respect. 3761

3761 Allah and His angels honour and bless the holy Prophet as the greatest of men. We are asked to honour and bless him all the more because he took upon himself to suffer the sorrows and afflictions of this life in order to guide us to Allah's Mercy and the highest inner Life. (33.56)

6:155 - And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it and be righteous that ye may receive mercy:

62:11 - But when they see some bargain or some amusement they disperse headlong to it and leave thee standing. Say: "The (blessing) from the Presence of Allah is better than any amusement or bargain! And Allah is the Best to provide (for all needs)." 5465

5465 Do not be distracted by the craze for amusement or gain. If you lead a righteous and sober life, Allah will provide for you in all senses, better than any provision you can possibly think of. (62.11)

61:13 - And (He will give you) another blessing which ye love: help from Allah and present victory. Give good tidings (O Muhammad) to believers.

38:29 - This is) a Scripture that We have revealed unto thee, full of blessing, that they may ponder its revelations, and that men of understanding may reflect.

3:96 - The first House (of worship) appointed for men was that at Bakka full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings: 422 423

3:141 - Allah's object also is to purge those that are true in faith and to deprive of blessing those that resist faith.

2:276 - Allah's object also is to purge those that are true in faith and to deprive of blessing those that resist faith.

37:78 - And We left (this blessing) for him among generations to come in later times: 4083

4083 His name is remembered for ever, commencing a new era in religious history. Note that the words in verses 78-81, with slight modifications, form a sort of refrain to the following paragraphs about Abraham, Moses, and Elias, but not about Lot and Jonah. Lot was a nephew of Abraham, and may be supposed to belong to the story of Abraham. Jonah's career nearly ended in a tragedy for himself, and his people got a further lease of power "for a time" (xxxvii. 148). And both Lot and Jonah belong to a limited local tradition. (37.78)

37:108 - And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times: 4104

37:119 - And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times: 4104

37:129 - And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times: 4115

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 938 Narrated by
Umar ibn al-Khattab

The supplication is stopped between Heaven and Earth and none of it ascends till you invoke blessing on your Prophet.

Transmitted by Tirmidhi.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 2.548 Narrated by
Abu Said Al Khudr

Some Ansari persons asked for (something) from Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) and he gave them. They again asked him for (something) and he again gave them. And then they asked him and he gave them again till all that was with him finished. And then he said "If I had anything, I would not keep it away from you. (Remember,) whoever abstains from asking others, Allah will make him contented, and whoever tries to make himself self-sufficient, Allah will make him self-sufficient. And whoever remains patient, Allah will make him patient. Nobody can be given a blessing better and greater than patience."

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 3380 Narrated by
Hakim ibn Hizam

The Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) sent with him a dinar to buy a sacrificial animal for him. He bought a sheep for a dinar, sold it for two and then returned and bought a sacrificial animal for a dinar for him and brought the (extra) dinar to the Prophet (peace be upon him). The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave it as alms (sadaqah) and invoked blessing on him in his trading.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 2507 Narrated by
Uqbah ibn Amir

I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: Allah, Most High, will cause three persons to enter Paradise for one arrow: the maker when he has a good motive in making it, the one who shoots it, and the one who hands it; so shoot and ride, but your shooting is dearer to me than your riding. Everything with which a man amuses himself is vain except three (things): a man's training of his horse, his playing with his wife, and his shooting with his bow and arrow. If anyone abandons archery after becoming an adept through distaste for it, it is a blessing he has abandoned; or he said: for which he has been ungrateful.

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 3378 Narrated by
Urwah ibn AbulJa'd al-Bariqi

The Prophet (peace be upon him) gave him a dinar to buy a sacrificial animal or a sheep. He bought two sheep, sold one of them for a dinar, and brought him a sheep and dinar. So he invoked a blessing on him in his business dealing, and he was such that if had he bought dust he would have made a profit from it.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith
Hadith 1.628 Narrated by
Abu Huraira

Allah's Apostle said, "The angels keep on asking for Allah's blessing and forgiveness for anyone of you as long as he is at his Musalla (praying place) and does not do Hadath (passes wind). The angels say, 'O Allah! Forgive him and be Merciful to him.' Each one of you is in the prayer as long as he is waiting for the prayer and nothing but the prayer detains him from going to his family."

Sunan of Abu-Dawood
Hadith 563 Narrated by
A person from the Ansar

Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab said: An Ansari was breathing his last. He said: I narrate to you a tradition, and I narrate it with the intention of getting a reward from Allah. I heard the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) say: If any one of you performs ablution and performs it very well, and goes out for prayer, he does not take his right step but Allah records a good work (or blessing) for him, and he does not take his left step but Allah remits one sin from him. Any one of you may reside near the mosque or far from it; if he comes to the mosque and prays in congregation, he will be forgiven (by Allah). If he comes to the mosque while the people had prayed in part, and the prayer remained in part, and he prays in congregation the part he joined, and completed the part he had missed, he will enjoy similarly (i.e. he will be forgiven). If he comes to the mosque when the people had finished prayer, he will enjoy the same.

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 5303 Narrated by
Sa'd

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said, "Part of the happiness of a son of Adam consists in his pleasure with what Allah has decreed for him, part of the misery of a son of Adam consists in his abandonment of asking Allah's blessing, and part of the misery of a son of Adam consists in his displeasure with what Allah had decreed for him."

Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a gharib tradition.

See:

Hadith 4652 Narrated by Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 4257 Umar ibn al-Khattab

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.127a

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 3097 Narrated by
Aisha

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 2966 Narrated by
Sa'id ibn Hurayth

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.107

Warning Against Sitting in Company Where Allah is Not Mentioned and Blessings on His Prophet are Not Invoked

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.136a

What is Meant by Invoking Blessings on the Prophet?

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.139

Invoking Allah's Blessings Upon the Prophet when Writing his Name

Fiqh-us-Sunnah
Fiqh 4.138

Sending Salutations to the Prophet on Hearing His Name. Is this Obligatory?

Some Muslim scholars hold that it is obligatory to send salutations to the Prophet, i.e. invoke blessings upon him, each time one hears his name mentioned. They, like Al-Tahawi and Al-Halimi, base their argument on a hadith recorded by Tirmidhi, which he grades as sound, from Abu Hurairah, that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "May the nose of the person in whose presence I am mentioned be covered with dirt if he does not invoke blessings upon me

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
Hadith 1101 Narrated by
AbuUmamah

Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: Verily Allah and His angels shower blessings on the first row. They said: Allah's Messenger, what about the second (row? He said: Allah and His angels shower blessings on the first row. They said: Allah's Messenger, what about the second one? Thereupon he said: Verily Allah and His angels shower blessings on the first row. They said: Allah's Messenger, what about the second one? And Allah's Messenger (peace be upon him) said: On the second (also).