Dhikr · Muslim practice
Salawat
O God, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
ٱللَّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa-ʿalā āli Muḥammad
The blessing on the Prophet. The Qur'an says that God and the angels send blessings on him and tells believers to do the same, which makes this one of the few devotional acts the text explicitly asks for in those terms.
Source: Qur’an 33:56; opening excerpt of the Ibrāhīmic prayer in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3370
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ٱللَّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammadin wa-ʿalā āli Muḥammad
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What the words say
Allāhumma addresses God. Ṣalli ʿalā asks God to send blessings upon someone; wa-ʿalā āli Muḥammad includes Muhammad’s family. This is a short form: other formulas of blessings and peace have different wording.
Where it comes from
Qur’an 33:56 calls believers to send blessings and peace upon the Prophet. The displayed words are the opening portion of the longer Ibrāhīmic prayer transmitted in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3370; they are not that complete prayer.
How it is practised
Recited within the prayer, and repeated in large numbers outside it — especially on Thursday nights and Fridays, and in the devotional literature of the Sufi orders. The ninety-nine here is this app's goal.
References
- Qur'an 33:56
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3370
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