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Sunan Abi Dawud 977 — Salawat Wording
Sending Salat Upon The Prophet (saws) After The Tashah-hud
Salawat on Muhammad and His Family: A Short Wording Hadith
Sunan Abi Dawud : 977
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 977
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ " صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ " .
Shu’bah Narrated from:
This tradition has also been reported by Shu’bah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: Bless Muhammad and Muhammad’s family as Thou didst bless Abraham.
Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 977In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 588English translation : Book 2, Hadith 972
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 977
This hadith is another chain of the same Salawat teaching from Shu’bah. Its added wording says to bless Muhammad and Muhammad’s family as Allah blessed Abraham. The report is short, but it keeps the focus on Salawat on Muhammad and his family. For people searching Salawat Ibrahimiyyah wording, Allahumma salli ala Muhammad, or how to send blessings in prayer, this narration supports the same taught theme: believers ask Allah to send blessings upon the Prophet and his family. The text does not add extra rulings or background. It gives a concise form within the wider report. Its value is in preserving a specific wording that connects the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم), his family, and Abraham.
What we learn from this hadith
- This version preserves a short added wording of Salawat.
- The blessing is asked for Muhammad and his family.
- The wording connects the blessing with Abraham.
- The narration stays focused on the words of invocation.
