Explaining Sahih Muslim Book 4 – Hadith 69-74
Explaining Sahih
Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 69-74
Chapter
17: Sending blessings upon the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace,
after the Tashahhud
Abdullah
b. Zaid-he who was shown the call (for prayer in a dream) narrated it on the
authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari who said:
We
were sitting in the company of Sa'id b. 'Ubida when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
came to us. Bashir b. S'ad said: Allah has commanded us to bless you. Messenger
of Allah! But how should we bless you? He (the narrator) said: The Messenger of
Allah (ﷺ) kept quiet (and we were so much perturbed over his silence) that we
wished we had not asked him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then said: (For blessing
me) say:" O Allah, bless Muhammad and the members of his household as Thou
didst bless the members of Ibrahim's household. Grant favours to Muhammad and
the members of his household as Thou didst grant favours to the members of the
household of Ibrahim in the world. Thou art indeed Praiseworthy and
Glorious" ; and salutation as you know. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 69)
Ibn Abi Laila
reported:
Ka'b
b. 'Ujra met me and said: Should I not offer you a present (and added): The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and we said: We have learnt how to invoke
peace upon you; (kindly tell us) how we should bless you. He (the Holy Prophet)
said: Say:" O Allah: bless Muhammad and his family as Thou didst bless the
family of Ibrahim. Verily Thou art Praiseworthy and Glorious, O Allah." (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 70)
A
hadith like this has been narrated by Mis'ar on the authority of al-Hakam, but
in the hadith transmitted by Mis'ar these words are not found:
"Should I
not offer you a present?" (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 71)
A hadith like
this has been narrated by al-Hakam except that he said:
"Bless
Muhammad (ﷺ)" and he did not say:" O Allah I (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 72)
Abu Humaid
as-Sa'idi reported:
They
(the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: Apostle of Allah, how should we
bless you? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: Say:" O Allah! bless Muhammad,
his wives and his offspring as Thou didst bless Ibrahim, and grant favours to
Muhammad, and his wives and his offspring as Thou didst grant favours to the
family of Ibrahim; Thou art Praiseworthy and Glorious." (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 73)
Abu Huraira
reported:
The
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: He who blesses me once, Allah would bless him ten
times. (Explaining
Sahih Muslim Book 4 - Hadith 74)
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