And whose will make you know what it is?

And whose will make you know what it is? A burning fire.” (Surah-al-Qare’ah: 1-11) The best actions which help to increase the measure of good deeds in the scales in Qayamat, are sending salawat on Mohammad (S.A.W.S.) and His progeny, and good character. I state below some traditions on the importance of Salawat, and later some incidents of good character.

Merits of Salawat Shaikh Kulaini narrates from Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq (A.S.) or Imam Mohammad-al-Baqir (A.S.) that he said, “For increasing the measure of good deeds in the scales (meezan), no other deed carries mweight than sending Salawat on Mohammad (S.A.W.S) and His progeny.

A person s deeds will be weighed, and when his good deeds will seem less, salawat will be pought and kept, and lo the good deeds will increase.” The Holy prophet (S.A.W.S) says, that on the day of oayamat when the deeds shall be weighed, I will be present there, It a persons bad deeds will be weighing more than his good ones, I will ping along the salawat which he sent upon Me, and add it to the good deeds thereby increasing its weight.

Shaikh Sadooq narrates from Imam Ali-ar-Reza (A.S.) that He said, that if a person does not have the means to Iessen the stock of his bad deeds, he should send salawat and salaam on Mohammad (S.A.W.S.) and His progeny abundantly, doing so will decrease (the weight of) his sins.

Allamah Qutubuddin Rawandi narrates in “Dawaat” that Hazrat Mohammad (S.A.W.S.) said, that if a person in my love and affection sends salawat on me thrice every day and night, it becomes the right on Allah that He should forgive his sins which he committed during the day and night. The Holy prophet (S.A.W.S.) says, that one nioht I saw in a dream my uncle ibne Abdul Muttalib and my cousin Ja far ibne Abi Talib. In front of them was kept a tray full of plums.

After sometime as they ate, the plums turned into grapes. Then again as they ate, the grapes turned into fresh dates. They again started eating them.

I went towards them and asked, “May my father and mother be your ransom which particular deeds have you performed that has excelled all other deeds, and has mads these blessings to be showered on you ?” They replied, “May our parents be your ransom Those deeds are: sending salawat on You, feeding water to the pligrims (of Haj), and Love (walayah) of Ali ibne Abi Talib (A.S.).