Chapter 75

Beginning du‘ā’ by invoking blessings upon the Messenger

Remembrance 1
WE HAVE RELATED in the Sunans of Abū Dāwūd, at-Tirmidhī and an-Nasā’ī from Fuḍālah ibn ‘Ubayd Honorific symbol that the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol heard a man supplicating in his ṣalāh who did not magnify Allah or pray for blessings on the Messenger Honorific symbol. So the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol observed: “This man has rushed.” Then he called him and told him him or someone else: “When any one of you performs ṣalāh, he should begin with the magnification of his Lord Honorific symbol and extol Him; next he should pray for blessings on the Messenger Honorific symbol; and after that he should supplicate for whatever he wants.” [1].At-Tirmidhī describes this as a ḥasan ṣaḥīḥ hadith.
We related in the book of at-Tirmidhī that ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb Honorific symbol said: “Du‘ā’ is halted between Heaven and Earth; none of it will ascend [to Allah] until you have prayed for blessings upon your Prophet Honorific symbol.” [2].
I say: the ‘ulamā’ are unanimous that it is mustaḥabb to start du‘ā’ by praising Allah Honorific symbol and extolling Him, and then to invoke blessings upon the Messenger of Allah Honorific symbol. The du‘ā’ should also be concluded with them. The narrations in this regard are many and well-known.”

References

[1] At-Tirmidhī (3473), Abū Dāwūd (1481), an-Nasā’ī (3/44), and al-Ḥākim (1/231), who grades it as ṣaḥīḥ and adh-Dhahabī agrees.
[2] At-Tirmidhī (486) and al-Futūḥāt (3/334). It is mawqūf and its chain contains Abū Qurrah al-Asadī, about whom neither his name nor his trustworthiness are known.