8/26. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1531 — Send Many Blessings on Friday
About Seeking Forgiveness
Friday Salawat Hadith: Send Many Blessings on the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1531
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1531
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَوْسِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ أَيَّامِكُمْ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَأَكْثِرُوا عَلَىَّ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ فِيهِ فَإِنَّ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعْرُوضَةٌ عَلَىَّ " . قَالَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَكَيْفَ تُعْرَضُ صَلاَتُنَا عَلَيْكَ وَقَدْ أَرِمْتَ قَالَ يَقُولُونَ بَلِيتَ . قَالَ " إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى حَرَّمَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ أَجْسَادَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ " .
Aws b. Aws Narrated from:
Aws b. Aws reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: Among the most excellent of your days is Friday; so invoke many blessings on me on that day, for your blessing will be submitted to me. They (the Companions) asked: Messenger of Allah, how can our blessings be submitted to you, when your body has decayed? He (ﷺ) said: Allah has prohibited the earth from consuming the bodies of Prophets.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1531In-book reference : Book 8, Hadith 116English translation : Book 8, Hadith 1526
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1531
This Friday salawat hadith teaches a special practice for Friday. Aws ibn Aws reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said Friday is among the most excellent of days, so believers should invoke many blessings on him on that day. The reason given in the hadith is that those blessings are submitted to him. When the Companions asked how this could happen after death, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Allah has prohibited the earth from consuming the bodies of the Prophets. The explanation should stay with the text: the hadith highlights Friday, frequent salawat, and the honored state of the Prophets' bodies as stated in the narration.
What we learn from this hadith
- Friday is described in the hadith as among the most excellent days.
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم instructed believers to send many blessings on him on Friday.
- The hadith states that those blessings are submitted to him.
