An Example of Invoking Blessings on Muhammad (S) and His...

An Example of Invoking Blessings on Muhammad (S) and His Progeny (‘a) This benediction is part of a supplication in Sahifat as-Sajjadiyyah [^6], “My Lord, bless Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad, the distinguished, the chosen, the honoured, the brought nigh, with the most excellent of Your blessings, benedict him with the most complete of Your benedictions, and have mercy upon him with the most enjoyable of Your mercies!

My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household with a fruitful blessing, more fruitful than which there is no blessing! Bless him with a growing blessing, more growing than which there is no blessing! And bless him with a pleasing blessing, beyond which there is no blessing! My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household with a blessing, which will please him and increase his good pleasure! Bless him with a blessing, which will please You and increase Your good pleasure toward him!

And bless him with a blessing through other than which You will not be pleased but for him, and for which You see no one else worthy!… My Lord, bless Muhammad and his Household with a blessing which will tie together the blessings of Your angels, Your prophets, Your messengers, and those who obey You, comprise the blessings of Your servants.” 2) Praying for the Believers This constitutes the greatest content of prayer after praising and extolling Allah, the Exalted, and after invoking blessings on Muhammad, his Progeny, the prophets and their successors.

Praying for the believers is one of the most significant dimensions of supplication; since it ties a Muslim individual to the whole of the Muslim nation on the face of the earth and throughout history, as invoking blessings on Muhammad and his Household connects a believer to the rope of Guardianship ( wala’ ) sent down by Allah.

This relation which a prayer establishes between an individual and the nation, on the one hand, and on the other hand, between an individual and the rest of the people with whom he interacts and is in contact with in one way or the other, is among the best kinds of relation.

This is because such a relation comes into existence in the presence of Allah, the Exalted, and is in extension to the relation with Allah, and no one other than Him can comprehend it, as it is also a response from the servant to the call of Allah, the Exalted. Praying for the believers can be of two kinds; a general prayer without taking names, and a specific prayer by taking names.