The excellence of asking for Allah's blessings upon the Prophet pbuh — Du'a 3

وَقَالَ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((البَخِيلُ مَن ذُكِرتُ عِندَهُ فَلَم يُصَلِّ عَلَيَّ)).

Approximate Arabic reading aid

Waqāla ṣallallāhu 'alayhi wa sallam: albakhīlu man dhukirtu 'indahu falam yuṣalli 'alayya.

English meaning

He (PBUH) also said: ‘A miser is one whom when I am mentioned to him, fails to send prayers upon me.

Explanation (Tafseer)

This statement calls the person who hears the Prophet mentioned but does not send prayers upon him a miser. The description frames the omission as withholding something that could have been offered at the moment of mention, using a moral label to emphasize the missed response.

When to use

The excellence of asking for Allah's blessings upon the Prophet pbuh

Reference & source

Hisn al-Muslim 221

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