Interpretation: Permissibility of Salawat and Salam

1) INTRODUCTION

This publication is intended to settle any controversy surrounding the issue of reciting Salawat (Durood) and Salaam [Blessings and Salutations] upon the Holy Prophet (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) :
(A) In a standing position (Qiyaam),
(B) Using terms of addressing Rasoolullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) directly e.g.. Ya Nabi Salaam ‘Alaika !, and
(c) With the thought in mind that Rasoolullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) is Haazir and Naazir.

Words such as Shirk and Bid’a have been attributed to this blessed practice by those who are ignorant of the blessings of reciting Salawat and Salaam and of the true meanings of the words Shirk and Bid’a, thereby leaving certain sectors in the community in a state of utter confusion. These students of the 14th Islamic Century, in their haste to pronounce this noble act as a bid’a, have even ignored the opinion of their own spiritual luminaries, who practiced and advocated this noble act.

The permissibility of reciting Salawat and Salaam is one of the many beliefs which distinguishes the Ahle-Sunnah Wal Jama’at from the other sects of Baatil (Deviation).

It is our intention to remove the stigma of Bid’a and Shirk attributed to this noble practice by presenting documented proof from the Qur’an, Sunnah and the great Islamic scholars of the Hijaaz (Arabia), Misr (Egypt), Shaam (Syria) and Indo-Pak subcontinent.

We have systematically categorized the baseless arguments that have arisen over the years into separate chapters. We, thereafter, answered each argument thereby proving once and for all the permissibility of reciting Salawat and Salaam from Qur’an, Hadith and by citing examples from books written by the scholars of Deoband.

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