Name: Sending Blessings Upon the Prophet ﷺ
Uploaded: 2020-05-23T08:30:00.000Z
Channel: Dr. Hassan Elwan
Description: Dr. Hassan Elwan describes the benefits and rewards of sending peace and blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ.

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The Prophet ﷺ said that the best of deeds are those that are done consistently, even if they are small. In the Deeds to Habit series, we explore several seemingly small deeds that when adopted as a habit can have a transformative effect on one’s life.

Whether you implement one new deed or more, set your intention, begin where you are most capable of acting consistently, and may Allah enable you along the way!

Learn more about the good habits that can bring you closer to your self-improvement goals by visiting our <a href="https://yaqeeninstitute.org/tag/self-improvement">Self-Improvement page</a>

<a href="https://yaqeeninstitute.org/read/books/habits-to-win">Download the Habits to Win workbook</a> to kickstart your journey towards implementing good habits.

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Deeds to Habit

 Peace be on all of you.  Peace is not the absence of a storm, rather peace is the ability to be calm, serene, tranquility  in the midst of storm and hardship.  We cannot give peace if we are not in peace.  We cannot be in peace if we are not close to the source of all peace.  Allahumma anta salam wa minka salam tabarakta yadhal jalali wal ikram.  Oh Allah, you are as-salam, the name of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, the source of peace.  Wa minka salam and from you comes peace.  How can I develop peace in my life?  Today I want to speak about the habit that inshallah, if we do regularly, we can have  this peace from the source of all peace, as-salam.  What is that habit?  Well, the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he one time was walking with one of his companions  and all of the sudden he falls into a long frustration and then when he comes up, his  face is shining, he's smiling, he's happy, and one asked, oh Prophet of Allah, what happened?  And he said, yes indeed, Jibreel came down to me and gave me wonderful news.  He said that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is telling you, whomever sends peace and blessings  onto you, ya Muhammad, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will send peace and blessings onto  him.  What does that mean?  If I want peace from the source of peace, I want peace in my relationships, in my work,  in my home, inwardly, outwardly, all what I have to do is I have to send peace, I have  to say salam to the Prophet of peace, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam.  But what does it mean when I say Allahumma salli wa sallim wa barik ala Muhammad?  That's the habit we need to do every day.  What does it mean?  How can I do it with a focus?  Tell me something that helps me develop this habit.  Well, let's take an example, imagine a person in our community that life was difficult so  he did something wrong, he went perhaps broken the masjid and took the charity box, took  the money from the charity, it was something terrible.  And then the cameras caught him and you know, the police came and they put him on trial.  And here comes another person in the community, and he goes to that person and he says, you  know what, I saw what happened, I think you need a lawyer, and you need a good lawyer.  I am going to sell my house, I am going to sell my car, and I'm going to use this money  to hire a lawyer for you.  And that person says, but wait a minute, I'm not a good person, didn't you see what I did?  I did something terrible, something big.  And he says, yeah, yeah, despite what you've done, I still think you're a good person.  I don't want you to suffer in jail.  And I'm going to help you, I'm going to take some harm, I'm going to take some hardship  in my personal life, so I can stand beside you when you need me the most.  What would you say to such kind of a person?  How can you thank?  This is exactly what the Prophet ﷺ did to us.  When he ﷺ said in an authentic hadith, for every prophet, there is a dua, a supplication  that if he uses, if he asks, Allah will grant.  Every other prophet used his supplication and his dua.  However, when it comes to Muhammad ﷺ, he said, and I chose not to use my dua.  I won't use it for myself, I won't use it for my family, I won't use it to propagate Islam,  I won't use it for the companions that are being tortured.  I would rather suffer, why?  So I can save this dua for the day of judgment, so I can intercede for people in my ummah.  He thought of me.  He could have used this dua to make his life easier, to save perhaps many good and righteous  companions, to make the people of Mecca become Muslims, that dua would have been very useful.  But he chose to suffer, to experience hardship, because he thought of people that would come  later and he knew that people like myself, our biggest need is not a worldly need, it's  on the day of judgment and he wants to be there for us.  Some of us might say, but you know, I do, I'm not me, if you only know what I'm doing, brother.  He ﷺ said, I made my intercession for people with major sins in my ummah, people of kabair.  So what does that mean?  When I see that I'm doing something terrible, nobody would look into my face, it is me that  Muhammad ﷺ thought about, and it's me that he ﷺ suffered throughout his life so that  he can stand beside me on the day of judgment and ask Allah ﷻ to forgive me.  How can I repay that?  What can I do to Muhammad ﷺ?  I look to Allah, Ya Rabbi, I can't give him anything.  And that's when I turn to Allah and I say, Ya Rabbi, I can't give Muhammad ﷺ anything,  therefore, You, Allahumma salli wa sallim ala Muhammad, You send peace and blessings  unto him, You raise him in rank, You raise him in honor, You shower him with Your mercy  because I can do anything, it's a dua, I'm making dua for the Prophet ﷺ.  And the most beautiful thing, it reaches him, he ﷺ said, there are angels roaming around,  whenever one of us would say Allahumma salli wa sallim ala Muhammad, they take this and  they go to him and they…

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