Prayer of Shaykh Abu Bakr bin Salim:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم فِي كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ أَبَدًا عَلَى عَبْدِكَ الْمُصْطَفَى، وَنَبِيِّكَ الْمُجْتَبَى، وَشَفِيعِكَ الْمُبْتَغَى، وَحَبِيبِكَ الْمُنْتَقَى، سَيِّدِ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ وَسَيِّدِ أَهْلِ السَّمَاءِ، سَيِّدِنَا وَمَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ مِلْءَ الْمِيزَانِ، وَمُنْتَهَى الْعِلْمِ، وَعَدَدَ النِّعَمِ، وَمَبْلَغَ الرِّضَى، وَزِنَةَ الْعَرْشِ
O Allah, send blessings and peace, at every moment and forever, upon Your chosen servant, Your elect Prophet, the intercessor we seek, Your chosen beloved, the master of those on earth and those in heaven, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and Companions—blessings that fill the scales, reach the furthest bounds of knowledge, match the number of Your favors, attain the fullness of Your pleasure, and weigh as much as the Throne.
Prayer of Imam Abdullah bin Alawi al-Haddad:
سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا وَبِحَمْدِكَ، أَشْهَدُ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ، أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ، وَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ وَتُسَلِّمَ عَلَى عَبْدِكَ وَرَسُولِكَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ، أَفْضَلَ وَأَتَمَّ مَا صَلَّيْتَ وَسَلَّمْتَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الْمُصْطَفَيْنَ
Glory be to You, O Allah, our Lord, and all praise is Yours. I bear witness that there is no god but You. I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance. I ask You to send blessings and peace upon Your servant and Messenger, our master Muhammad, and upon his family—the finest and most perfect blessings and peace You have ever bestowed upon any of Your chosen servants.
Prayer of Habib Ali bin Muhammad al-Habashi:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، مِفْتَاحِ بَابِ رَحِمَةِ اللَّهِ، عَدَدَ مَا فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ، صَلَاةً وَسَلَامًا دَائِمَيْنِ بِدَوَامِ مُلْكِ اللَّهِ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, the key to the gate of Allah's mercy, in a number equal to all that lies within Allah's knowledge: blessings and peace everlasting, as everlasting as Allah's dominion.
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اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ مِفْتَاحِ بَابِ رَحِمَةِ اللَّهِ، عَدَدَ مَا فِي عِلْمِ اللَّهِ، صَلَاةً وَسَلَامًا دَائِمَيْنِ بِدَوَامِ مُلْكِ اللَّهِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ
O Allāh! Bestow blessings and peace upon our master Muḥammad, the key to the gate of Allah's mercy, in a number equal to all that lies within Allah's knowledge: blessings and peace everlasting, as everlasting as Allah's dominion—and upon his family and companions.
Prayer of Imam Muhammad bin Abil Hasan al-Bakri:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، الْفَاتِحِ لِمَا أُغْلِقَ، وَالْخَاتِمِ لِمَا سَبَقَ، نَاصِرِ الْحَقِّ بِالْحَقِّ، وَالْهَادِي إِلَى صِرَاطِكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ، حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ وَمِقْدَارِهِ الْعَظِيمِ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, the opener of what was closed, the seal of what had preceded, the helper of the truth by the Truth, and the guide to Your straight path; and upon his family and companions; as is truly merited by his greatness and magnificent rank.
Prayers by some of the righteous:
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ سَيِّدِ أَهْلِ الشُّهُودِ، صَلَاةً وَسَلَامًا نَرْقَى بِهِمَا فِي مَعَارِجِ الْقُرْبِ إِلَى الْمَعْبُودِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ لَهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ الْمَوْعُودِ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, the master of those granted spiritual witnessing—blessings and peace by which we ascend the paths of nearness to the One who is worshipped; and upon his family, his Companions, and those who follow them with excellence until the Promised Day.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم وَبَارِكْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ النَّبِيِّ الْكَامِلِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ، كَمَا لَا نِهَايَةَ لِكَمَالِكَ وَعَدَدَ كَمَالِهِ
O Allāh! Bestow blessings, peace, and grace upon our master Muhammad, the perfect Prophet, and upon his family: without end, just as there is no end to Your perfection, and in a number equal to his perfections.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ حَبِيبِ الرَّحْمَنِ، وَسَيِّدِ الْأَكْوَانِ، الْحَاضِرِ مَعَ مَنْ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ فِي كُلِّ زَمَانٍ وَمَكَانٍ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلِّمْ فِي كُلِّ آنٍ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, the Beloved of the Most Merciful and the master of all creation, whose presence attends those who invoke blessings upon him in every time and place—and upon his family and Companions; and grant peace at every instant.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ بِعَدَدِ كُلِّ مَعْلُومٍ لَكَ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad, in every glance and every breath, in a number equal to everything known to You.
Prayers by the Compiler of the Khulasah:
يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ لَا يَنَامُ، صَلِّ عَلَى مَنْ قَلْبُهُ لَا يَنَامُ، حَبِيبِكَ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، صَلَاةً تَسْتَيْقِظُ بِهَا قُلُوبُنَا مِنَ الْمَنَامِ، وَنُدْرِكُ بِهَا غَايَةَ الْمَرَامِ، وَتَجْمَعُ لَنَا بِهَا خَيْرَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْقِيَامِ، وَنَنَالُ بِهَا شَرِيفَ الْمُحَادَثَةِ بِأَعْذَبِ الْكَلَامِ، فِي دَارِ الْمَقَامِ، وَأَنْتَ عَنَّا رَاضٍ يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ وَالْإِكْرَامِ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلِّمْ تَسْلِيمًا، والْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
O the Ever-Living, O the Self-Subsisting, who never sleeps, bestow blessings upon the one whose heart never sleeps: Your beloved, our master Muhammad, such blessings by which our hearts awaken from sleep, and by which we achieve the object of our deepest aspirations, and by which You gather for us the good of this world and the Hereafter; and by which we are granted noble converse and the sweetest speech in the Abode of Everlasting Stay, while You are pleased with us, O Possessor of Majesty and Honor. And bestow blessings and perfect peace upon his family and Companions. All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى خَاتَمِ أَنْبِيَائِكَ، وَسَيِّدِ رُسُلِكَ، وَإِمَامِ أَهْلِ حَقِيقَةِ تَوْحِيدِكَ، وَصَفْوَتِكَ مِنْ خَلْقِكَ، سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ وَسَلِّمْ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon the Seal of Your Prophets, the master of Your Messengers, the leader of those who truly realize Your oneness, and Your chosen one from among Your creation, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and Companions; and grant them peace.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى جَامِعِ الْمَحَامِدِ، مَنْ بِهِ تُفَرِّجُ الْكُرُوبَ وَتَكْشِفُ الشَّدَائِد، سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ، يَا حَيُّ يَا قَيُّومُ يَا وَاحِدُ
O Allah, bestow prayers and peace upon the possessor of all praiseworthy attributes, the one through whom You relieve distress and lift hardships, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and companions, O Ever-Living, O Self-Subsisting, O One!
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ الَّذِي شَرَحْتَ لَهُ صَدْرَهُ، وَوَضَعْتَ عَنْهُ وِزْرَهُ، وَرَفَعْتَ لَهُ ذِكْرَهُ، وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ، وَاشْرَحْ لِي بِهِ صَدْرِي، وَضَعْ عَنِّي بِهِ وِزْرِي، وَيَسِّرْ لِي بِهِ أَمْرِي، بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ
O Allah, send blessings and peace upon our master Muhammad, whose breast You expanded, whose burden You lifted, and whose mention You exalted, and upon his family and Companions. Through him, expand my breast, lift my burden, and make my affairs easy, by Your mercy, O Most Merciful of all who show mercy.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّم بِجَمَالِكَ وَجَلَالِكَ وَكَمَالِكَ، فِي كُلِّ لَمْحَةٍ وَنَفَسٍ، عَلَى أَكْرَمِ عَبِيدِكَ، سَيِّدِ أَهْلِ حَقِيقَةِ تَوْحِيدِكَ، مَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ صَلَاةً وَسَلَامًا تَجْمَعُنِي بِهِمَا عَلَيْهِ، وَتُوصِلُنِي بِهِمَا إِلَيْهِ، وَتَجْعَلُنِي بِهِمَا مِنَ الْحَاضِرِينَ لَكَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ، حُضُورًا أَجْتَمِعُ بِهِ عَلَيْكَ جَمْعًا، وَأَسْعَى بِهِ إِلَى حَضْرَتِكَ أَكْرَمَ مَسْعَى، وَتَجْمَعُ لِي بِذَلِكَ جَمِيعَ الْمَنَافِعِ، فِي كُلِّ قَرِيبٍ وَشَاسِعٍ، يَا وَهَّابُ يَا وَاسِعُ
O Allah, by Your beauty, majesty, and perfection, send blessings and peace at every moment and with every breath upon the noblest of Your servants, the master of those grounded in the reality of Your oneness, our master Muhammad, and upon his family and Companions: blessings and peace by which You unite me with him, bring me to him, and place me among those present before You in his presence—truly present so that I am gathered wholly unto You, and by which I strive toward Your Presence in the noblest way; and by which You gather for me every benefit, near and far, O Bestower, O All-Encompassing.
يَا فَاتِحُ صَلِّ عَلَى الْفَاتِحِ، وَافْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا بِهِ، وَافْتَحْ لَنَا فِيهِ، وَافْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا فِيهِ، وَافْتَحْ لَنَا بِهِ، وَافْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا مِنْهُ، وَافْتَحْ عَلَيْنَا لَهُ، وَافْتَحْ لَنَا لَهُ، وَافْتَحْنَا بِهِ، وَفَاتِحْنَا بِهِ مُفَاتَحَةً تَجْمَعُ لَنَا بِهَا أَسْرَارَ الْفَاتِحَةِ
O Opener, send blessings upon the one who opens the way. Open for us through him, open us within him, open to us from him, open for us by him, open us to him, open us for him, and open us for his sake. Through him, grant us an opening that gathers for us the secrets of al-Fātiḥah.
يَا رَبَّ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، صَلِّ عَلَى مَنْ سَوَّدْتَهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَأَصْلِحْ لَنَا بِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ
O Lord of everything, send blessings upon the one whom You have made master over everything; and set everything right for us through him.