O Messenger of Allah, we have been taught how to greet you, so how do we invoke blessings upon you? He said: "Say: O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad, as You sent blessings upon the family of Abraham, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory. And bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, as You blessed the family of Abraham, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory." Agreed upon. Al-Athram narrated from Fadalah ibn 'Ubayd that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) heard a man supplicating in his prayer without glorifying his Lord or invoking blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "This one has been hasty." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) called him and said: "If one of you performs prayer, let him begin by glorifying his Lord and praising Him, then let him invoke blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), then let him supplicate after that with whatever he wishes." This is because prayer is an act of worship in which the mention of Allah the Almighty by the Shahadah is a condition, thus the mention of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is a condition, just like in the Adhan. As for the hadith of Ibn Mas'ud, Al-Daraqutni said: The addition in it is from the speech of Ibn Mas'ud.
Section: The form of invoking blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is as Al-Khiraqi mentioned, because of what we mentioned from
(7) Recorded by Al-Bukhari, in: Chapter: "Musa ibn Isma'il narrated to us," from the Book of the Prophets; and in: Chapter: "His saying: {Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet}," from the Book of Interpretation (Surah al-Ahzab); and in: Chapter: "Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)," from the Book of Supplications. Sahih al-Bukhari 4/178, 6/151, 8/95. And Muslim, in: Chapter: "Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) after the tashahhud," from the Book of Prayer. Sahih Muslim 1/305. It was also recorded by Abu Dawud, in: Chapter: "Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) after the tashahhud," from the Book of Prayer. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/224. And Al-Tirmidhi, in: Chapter: "What has come regarding the form of sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)," from the Chapters of Witr; and in: Chapter: "From Surah al-Ahzab," from the Chapters of Interpretation. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 2/268, 12/95. And Al-Nasa'i, in: Chapter: "Another type of the manner of sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)," from the Book of Forgetfulness. Al-Mujtaba 3/40. And Ibn Majah, in: Chapter: "Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)," from the Book of Establishing Prayer. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/293. And Al-Darimi, in: Chapter: "Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)," from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Darimi 1/309. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 4/241, 243, 244. (8) In the original: "yahmad" and "bi-tahmid", and both are in a manuscript of Sunan Abi Dawud. See: 'Awn al-Ma'bud 1/552. (9) Recorded by Abu Dawud in: Chapter: "Supplication," from the Book of Witr. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/341. And Imam Ahmad, in: Al-Musnad 6/18. (10) Omitted from: M. (11) See: Chapter: "Form of the tashahhud, its obligation, and the difference of reports regarding it," from the Book of Prayer. Sunan al-Daraqutni 1/353. (12) In M: "We narrated".
