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Salat li-Yawm Al-Jumu’a

There is no recommended [sunnah] or voluntary [nafila] act of worship ['amal] which brings greater merit to a believer on Fridays than the recital of salutations [salawat] on the beloved Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace. This is attested to by many sound Prophetic narrations [ahadith].

Amongst the huge corpus of salawat available, the following is a special one for the Day of Gathering [yawmu-l jumu’a]. It is also known as durud-e-tayyib. This salutation is narrated by hujjatu-l Islam (the Proof of Islam) Imam Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazzali in two of his works viz.:

The Arabic “ihyâ ‘ulûmu-d dîn” (Revival of the Islamic Sciences)
The Persian “kimiyâ-e-sa’adat” (Alchemy of Happiness)
Imam al-Ghazzali states the following about this noble salutation:

It is said, ‘Whoever repeats this on Friday seven (7) times will receive the intercession [shafa’a] of the Messenger, Allah bless him and give him peace. It is assured.’

Our Grand-Shaikh, Imam al-‘Arus Sayyid Muhammad, has also mentioned about the merits of this salutation in his magnum opus, maghânî mulhi-t tibyâni fî sharhi ma’ânî fathi-d dayyâni.

Our Shaikhuna, Taika Shu’aib, highly emphasises the recital of this salutation together with Al-I’tiraf and Wirdu-l Jumu’a after the Friday congregational prayers [salatu-l Jumu’a].

It is worth noting that Imam al-Jazuli has included this salutation in the third chapter [hizbu-th thalith] of his sublime salawat compendium, dala’ilu-l khayrat wa shawariqu-l anwar fi dhikri-s salati ‘ala-n nabiyyi-l mukhtar.

Success is from Allah.

Salutation for the Day of Gathering
اَللّٰهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ وَبَارِكْ عَلٰى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلٰى اٰلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ صَلٰوةً تَكـُوْنُ لَكَ رِضَاءً، وَلَهُ جَزَاءً، وَلِحَقِّهِ اَدَآءً، وَاَعْطِهِ الْوَسِيْلَةَ وَالْفَضِيْلَةَ، وَابْعَثْهُ الْمَقَامَ الْمَحْمُوْدَنِ الَّذِيْ وَعَدْتَّهُ، وَاجْزِهِ عَنَّا مَا هُوَ اَهْلُهُ، وَاجْزِهِ عَنَّا اَفْضَلَ مَا جَازَيْتَ نَبِيًّا عَنْ قَوْمِهِ وَرَسُوْلًا عَنْ اُمَّتِهِ، وَصَلِّ عَليْهِ وَعَلٰى جَمِيْعِ اِخْوَانِهِ مِنَ النَّبِيِّيْنَ وَالْمُرْسَلِيْنَ وَالصِّدِّيْقِيْنَ وَالشُّهَدَآءِ وَالصَّالِحِيْنَ، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا اَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِيْنَ،

Allâhumma salli wa sallim wa bârik ‘alâ sayyidinâ Muhammadin wa ‘alâ âli sayyidinâ Muhammadin salâtan takûnu laka ridâ’an, wa lahu jazâ’an, wa li-haqqihi adâ’an, wa a’tihi-l wasîlata wa-l fadîlata, wa-b’athhu-l maqâma-l mahmûda-ni lladhi wa ‘adtah, wa-jzihi ‘annâ mâ huwa ahluh, wa-jzihi ‘annâ afdala mâ jâzaita nabiyyan ‘an qawmihi wa rasûlan ‘an ummatih, wa salli ‘alaihi wa ‘alâ jamî’i ikhwânihi mina-n nabiyyîna wa-l mursalîna wa-s siddîqîna wa-sh shuhadâ’i wa-sâlihîn, bi-rahmatika yâ arhama-r râhimîn.

O Allah, shower Thy beneficence, give peace and rain blessings upon our liege-lord Muhammad and upon the family of our liege-lord Muhammad with a benediction that is acceptable to Thee and as may recompense him befitting his stature; grant him the means and the merit; elevate him to the praiseworthy station Thou hast promised him; honour him on our behalf with the most beautiful requital and a reward more excellent than one granted by Thee to any Prophet on behalf of his people or to any Messenger on behalf of his nation; and invoke blessings upon him and his brothers from the Prophets, the Messengers, the Truthful, the Martyrs, and the Righteous. By Thy Universal Mercy, O most Merciful of the merciful. (7 times)