The 365 · Sunnah · Day 37 · Prayer
Sending Salawat on the Prophet ﷺ in the Final Tashahhud
The hadith
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ، اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَعَلَى آلِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، إِنَّكَ حَمِيدٌ مَجِيدٌ
Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah narrated: 'We asked: O Messenger of Allah, how do we send salawat upon you? He said: Say: O Allah, send salawat upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent salawat upon Ibrahim and upon the family of Ibrahim, indeed You are Praiseworthy, Glorious. O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You blessed Ibrahim and the family of Ibrahim, indeed You are Praiseworthy, Glorious.' (Sahih al-Bukhari 3370, Sahih Muslim 406.) Q 33:56: 'God and His angels bless the Prophet, so, you who believe, bless him too and give him greetings of peace.'
Svenska: Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah berättade att Profeten ﷺ lärde dem den s.k. Ibrahim-välsignelsen att recitera i tashahhud. Q 33:56 befaller de troende att sända välsignelser över Profeten ﷺ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 3370, Sahih Muslim 406 (Ka'b ibn 'Ujrah, the Ibrahimic salawat); Sahih Muslim 408 (Abu Hurayrah, the 10-to-1 reward); Q 33:56
The story
The Quran in 33:56 commands the believers to send blessings on the Prophet ﷺ. The classical scholars unanimously read this as making salawat on the Prophet ﷺ a structural duty of every Muslim, with the prayer's tashahhud as the most documented occasion. The Companions asked the Prophet ﷺ how to send salawat correctly; he taught the Ibrahimic formulation in Bukhari 3370.
Why it's here
The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Whoever sends salawat upon me once, Allah sends salawat upon him ten times.' (Sahih Muslim 408, narrated by Abu Hurayrah.) The reward is named directly: ten-to-one. The reciprocal divine salawat is the structural mercy of every act of love sent toward the Prophet ﷺ.
Try it today
1. Recite the Ibrahimic salawat (above) in the final tashahhud of every prayer. Memorize the Arabic precisely.
2. Recite salawat outside of prayer too: morning, evening, on Fridays especially (the Prophet ﷺ named Friday as the day to multiply salawat).
3. Pause at the conclusion to feel the connection.
In your day
Add a daily count of salawat outside prayer (100, 200, more). The accumulation across a year is significant. The Prophet ﷺ said the closest people to him on the Day of Resurrection are those who sent the most salawat on him.
A reflection to carry
Ṣalawāt on the Prophet ﷺ in the tashahhud: 'Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad...' (the Ibrāhīmiyyah). The structural Sunnah of every ṣalāh's final tashahhud.
Read the longer reflection
The full Ibrāhīmiyyah (Bukhārī 3370): 'Allāhumma ṣalli ʿalā Muḥammad wa-ʿalā āli Muḥammad kamā ṣallayta ʿalā Ibrāhīm wa-ʿalā āli Ibrāhīm innaka ḥamīdun majīd. Allāhumma bārik ʿalā Muḥammad wa-ʿalā āli Muḥammad kamā bārakta ʿalā Ibrāhīm wa-ʿalā āli Ibrāhīm innaka ḥamīdun majīd.' The Prophet ﷺ: each ṣalawāt produces ten ṣalawāt from Allah (Muslim 384). Cure: memorize the full Ibrāhīmiyyah; recite in the final tashahhud of every ṣalāh; the structural daily ṣalawāt-count from your fixed prayers alone is operationally severe.
Sources: Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim. The Qur'an and its translation are verified; the scholarship is retold faithfully in our own words and credited to its sources, never reproduced verbatim.
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