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Supplication
✅ Answer: There are many short and long Salawat mentioned in the narrations, of which a few are mentioned:
1 Abu Hamza said: 'I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the saying of Allah, the Mighty and Exalted (in Surah Al-Ahzab, verse 56), which says: 'Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet. O you who have believed, send blessings upon him and submit completely.' The Imam said: 'The blessing from Allah is mercy, from the angels it is purification, and from the people it is a supplication. As for His saying 'submit completely,' it means to submit to him in what has been received from him.'
He said: 'I said to the Imam: 'How do we send blessings upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad?' He said: 'You say:
صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَ صَلَوَاتُ مَلَائِکَتِهِ وَ أَنْبِیَائِهِ وَ رُسُلِهِ وَ جَمِیعِ خَلْقِهِ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ السَّلَامُ عَلَیْهِ وَ عَلَیْهِمْ وَ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَ بَرَکَاتُهُ
I said: 'What is the reward for a person who sends blessings upon the Prophet and his family with this Salawat?' He said: 'By Allah, his coming out of sins is like the day his mother gave birth to him!'
📚 Ma'ani al-Akhbar, p. 368
2 One of the companions said in the presence of Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him):
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ کَمَا صَلَّیْتَ عَلَی إِبْرَاهِیمَ
The Imam said: 'No! Rather, it is like this:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ کَأَفْضَلِ مَا صَلَّیْتَ وَ بَارَکْتَ عَلَی إِبْرَاهِیمَ وَ آلِ إِبْرَاهِیمَ إِنَّکَ حَمِیدٌ مَجِیدٌ
📚 Qur'b al-Isnad, p. 29
3 Abi al-Mughirah said: 'I heard Imam Kadhim (peace be upon him) say: 'Whoever says after the morning and evening prayers, before he moves his feet or speaks to anyone:
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَ مَلائِکَتَهُ یُصَلُّونَ عَلَی النَّبِیِّ یا أَیُّهَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَیْهِ وَ سَلِّمُوا تَسْلِیماً اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ ذُرِّیَّتِهِ
Allah fulfills a hundred of his needs, seventy in this world and thirty in the afterlife!'
Until he said: 'Among the secrets of the family of Muhammad in sending blessings upon the Prophet and his family is this:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِی الْأَوَّلِینَ وَ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِی الْآخِرِینَ وَ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِی الْمَلَإِ الْأَعْلَی وَ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ فِی الْمُرْسَلِینَ اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِ مُحَمَّداً الْوَسِیلَةَ وَ الشَّرَفَ وَ الْفَضِیلَةَ وَ الدَّرَجَةَ الْکَبِیرَةَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّی آمَنْتُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَمْ أَرَهُ فَلَا تَحْرِمْنِی یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَةِ رُؤْیَتَهُ وَ ارْزُقْنِی صُحْبَتَهُ وَ تَوَفَّنِی عَلَی مِلَّتِهِ وَ اسْقِنِی مِنْ حَوْضِهِ مَشْرَباً رَوِیّاً سَائِغاً هَنِیئاً لَا أَظْمَأُ بَعْدَهُ أَبَداً إِنَّکَ عَلَی کُلِّ شَیْ ءٍ قَدِیرٌ اللَّهُمَّ کَمَا آمَنْتُ بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَ لَمْ أَرَهُ فَعَرِّفْنِی فِی الْجِنَانِ وَجْهَهُ اللَّهُمَّ بَلِّغْ رُوحَ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِّی تَحِیَّةً کَثِیرَةً وَ سَلَاماً
For whoever sends blessings upon the Prophet and his family with this Salawat, his sins are demolished, his mistakes are erased, his joy becomes permanent, his supplication is answered, his wishes are granted to him, his sustenance is expanded for him, he is helped against his enemy, and it is a cause for all kinds of good for him, and in the highest Paradise he will be among the companions of his Prophet, who says this Salawat three times at the beginning of the day and three times at the beginning of the night!'
📚 Thawab al-A'mal, pp. 141 and 142
4 Hariz said: 'I said to Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): 'May I be sacrificed for you! How is the sending of blessings upon the Prophet and his family?' He said: 'Say:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ الَّذِینَ أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَ طَهَّرَهُمْ تَطْهِیراً
Until he said: 'He said to me: 'Say:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ الَّذِینَ أَلْهَمْتَهُمْ عِلْمَکَ وَ اسْتَحْفَظْتَهُمْ کِتَابَکَ وَ اسْتَرْعَیْتَهُمْ عِبَادَکَ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ الَّذِینَ أَمَرْتَ بِطَاعَتِهِمْ وَ أَوْجَبْتَ حُبَّهُمْ وَ مَوَدَّتَهُمْ اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ الَّذِینَ جَعَلْتَهُمْ وُلَاةَ أَمْرِکَ بَعْدَ نَبِیِّکَ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَیْهِ وَ عَلَی أَهْلِ بَیْتِهِ
📚 Jamal al-Usbu', pp. 240 and 241
✅ I kindly ask you to pray more and more for the hastening of the relief (of the Imam).
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْرَ