“My respected brothers, we need to be extremely punctual on Durood Shareef. Below are a few points regarding this:
- Daily Practice– Every person should try to recite a minimum amount of 300 Durood daily. The best Durood is Durood Ibrahim. If a person manages to recite Durood Ibrahim 300 times daily, this is excellent. If not, one may read any other Durood Shareef but please recite it with enthusiasm and intense love. Over and above this, we should increase our recitation on Jumuah since there are special virtues for reciting Durood on Jumuah. Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم says “Whoever recites eighty (80) Durood upon me on a Friday (after Asr), eighty years of his sins will be forgiven. Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم has commanded us to recite Durood in abundance on a Friday.
- 40 Durood and Salaam– We should all get a copy of the 40 Durood and salaam. It contains 40 forms of Durood and Salaam taught to us by Nabi صلى الله عليه وسلم It is best if we can recite it everyday. Otherwise, we should recite it at least once a week. And if that day is Jumuah then this is نور على نور.
- Continuous Durood Shareef– Over and above our daily amounts of Durood Shareef, we should continue reciting as much Durood Shareef as possible, sitting, standing and in all conditions.
- Increasing our Durood Amount– We should also endeavor to gradually increase our daily and Jumuah Durood Shareef. The method of achieving this is that once we are able to comfortably accomplish our daily amount, we should increase it. So when we can comfortably complete 300 Durood daily, then increase it to 400. Once we achieve 400 then try for 500 and continue increasing in this manner.
My beloved brothers, The more Durood Shareef you will recite, the more barakah you will experience. So much so that you will even experience barakah in your time. Some of our pious predecessors used to recite 125 000 Durood Shareef daily. They achieved this amount gradually. When they persevered with love and sincerity, then Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله put barakah into their time. Hence, if we make an effort with a good intention then Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله will also make this a reality on our lives as well.” (Mawaaiz Hasanah v.2 pg.69)
يَا رَبِّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمَاً أَبَدًا عَلَىْ حَبِيْبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“O Sustainer, shower Salaat and Salaam forever and ever upon Your beloved, who is the best of all creation.”
جَزَی الله عَنَّا نَبِيَّنَا مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّی اللہُ عَلَیْه وسَلَّمَ بِمَا هُوَ أَھْلُهُ
May Allah Ta’ala جل جلاله reward our Nabi Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم on our behalf such a reward that is due to Him.