Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in supplication and at other times

Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "Every supplication remains veiled until blessings are sent upon Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and upon the family of Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy). Before this, at the beginning of the chapter, the hadith narrated by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) has already passed, and it is a jayyid (good) hadith; and the hadiths narrated by Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Fadalah bin Ubayd (may Allah be pleased with him) have also passed.

Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man said: O Messenger of Allah! What is your view if I keep sending blessings upon you throughout all my voluntary worship? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In that case, Allah Almighty will suffice you in all your worries of this world and the Hereafter."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Al-Tirmidhi recorded it, and the wording of his narration is: "In that case, your worry will be taken care of, and your sin will be forgiven."
Ahmad recorded it, and its chain is jayyid (good).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Shall I devote half of my voluntary worship to supplicating for you? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whatever you wish. He asked: Shall I devote a third of it to supplicating for you? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Very well. He said: Shall I devote all of my voluntary worship to supplicating for you? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In that case, He will suffice you for your worries of this world and the Hereafter."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Umar bin Muhammad bin Suhban, who is matruk (abandoned).

Muhammad bin Yahya bin Habban narrates from his father, from his grandfather, this account: "A man said: O Messenger of Allah! Shall I devote a third of my voluntary worship to sending blessings upon you? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, if you wish. He asked: Shall I make it two thirds? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied: Yes! He said: (Shall I devote) all of my voluntary worship (to sending blessings upon you?) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'In that case, Allah Almighty will suffice you in the worries (or needs) of your affairs of this world and the Hereafter.'"
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty records for him, in return, ten good deeds." Ahmad recorded both of these narrations, and the narrators of both are the narrators of the Sahih, except for Rib'i bin Ibrahim, who is thiqah (trustworthy) and ma'mun (reliable).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) says: "Whoever sends blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) once, Allah Almighty and His angels send mercy upon that person 70 times."
Ahmad recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I was standing in the courtyard of the mosque when I saw the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) go out through the door that faces the graveyard. I first waited a little, then I set out after him. I found that he had entered a garden in al-Aswaf. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) performed ablution (wudu), then offered two rak'ahs; during this he went into prostration and prolonged the prostration. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ended the prayer with salam, I came before him and said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you! You made such a prostration that I feared Allah Almighty might have taken your soul, because your prostration was very long. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril gave me the glad tidings that whoever sends blessings upon me, Allah Almighty will send mercy upon him, and whoever sends salam upon me, Allah Almighty will send peace upon him."

In a narration he reports, transmitted from this same Companion, the wording is: "Five or four of us Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) would not part from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) (that is, that many people were with him at all times), so that whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had some need, by day or by night, they could be of service. The narrator says: When I came to him, he had gone out. I followed him, and he entered a garden at the place called al-Aswaf. There he offered the prayer, and there he prostrated and prolonged the prostration, and I thought that perhaps Allah Almighty had taken his soul. The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his head, called me and said: What is the matter with you? I said: O Messenger of Allah! You made a long prostration, and I thought that perhaps Allah Almighty had taken the soul of His Messenger and that I would never see you again. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I prostrated to thank my Lord for what He has granted me concerning my Ummah: whoever of my Ummah sends blessings upon me once, ten good deeds will be recorded for him and ten of his sins will be erased." Abu Ya'la recorded both of these narrations; the chain of the first contains narrators whom I do not know, and the chain of the second contains Musa bin Ubaydah al-Rabadhi, who is da'if (weak). Before this, in the chapter on the prostration of gratitude, the narration recorded by Ahmad has already passed.

Sayyiduna Abu Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: I came into the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while his blessed face was shining. I said: O Messenger of Allah! I have never seen you in a happier mood or with a more cheerful expression than today. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why should my mood not be happy, and why should its effects not show on my face? Jibril has just left me. He told me: O Sayyiduna Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)! Whoever of your Ummah sends blessings upon you once, in return for it Allah Almighty will record ten good deeds for that person, erase ten of his bad deeds and, by it, raise him ten degrees; and the angel will say for that person words like those he said for you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said: O Jibril! Who will that angel be? Jibril said: Allah Almighty has appointed for you an angel from the day of your creation until the day of your (being raised again on the Day of Resurrection); whoever of your Ummah sends blessings upon you, that angel will say: May Allah Almighty send mercy upon you as well.

In one narration the wording is: "Allah Almighty answers him with the like of what he recited, and it will be presented to you on the Day of Resurrection."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: Al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded part of this narration.
Al-Tabarani recorded it; the chain of the first narration contains Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin al-Walid al-Tabarani, and the chain of the second contains Ahmad bin Amr al-Nasibi, and I do not know either of them; the remaining narrators of both are thiqat (trustworthy).
Part of it is also narrated in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to relieve himself, and no one followed him except Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) had a vessel of water with him. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) found the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in prostration, so he moved back a little and stood. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head, he said: O Umar! You did well to move back from me. Jibril has just come to me and told me: "Whoever of your Ummah sends blessings upon you once, Allah Almighty will send mercy upon him ten times and will raise him (the narrator says: I think the narration contains these words:) ten degrees."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Salamah bin Wardan, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Amir bin Rabi'ah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once of his own accord, Allah Almighty will, in return, send ten mercies upon him."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Ibn Majah recorded it, but it does not contain the words: "of his own accord."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Asim bin Ubaydullah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Niyar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once of his own accord, Allah Almighty will, in return, send ten mercies upon him, remove ten of his sins and raise him ten degrees."
Al-Bazzar recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Al-Tabarani also recorded it, but he narrated these words: "Whichever member of my Ummah sends blessings upon me with a sincere heart," and he added these words: "He will record ten good deeds for him."

Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty has appointed an angel at my grave and has given him the ability to hear the voices of all creation. Whoever sends blessings upon me until the Day of Resurrection, that (angel) will convey that blessing to me along with the person's name and his father's name, saying: So-and-so, son of so-and-so, has sent blessings upon you."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Ibn al-Himyari, whose name is Imran, and the discussion of him will come later; it also contains Nu'aym bin Damdam, whom some declared da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Ibn al-Himyari narrates: Sayyiduna Ammar (may Allah be pleased with him) said to me: O Ibn al-Himyari! Shall I not narrate to you a hadith about my beloved? I replied: Yes! He said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Ammar! Indeed, Allah Almighty has an angel to whom He has given the names of all creation. When I die, he will stand at my grave until the Day of Resurrection, and whoever of my Ummah sends blessings upon me once, that angel will name that person by his name and his father's name, saying: O Sayyiduna Muhammad! So-and-so has sent blessings upon you in this way. (The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:) Then the Lord will send mercy upon that person ten times for each one."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; Nu'aym bin Damdam is da'if (weak), and Ibn al-Himyari's name is Imran. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: His hadith is not corroborated. The author of Mizan al-I'tidal said: He is not known. The remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

In one narration these words are added: "I asked my Lord that whichever servant sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty should send upon him ten times its like (that is, send mercy upon him ten times)."

Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty will send mercy upon him ten times. An angel is appointed for that blessing, who will convey it to me."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Musa bin Umayr al-Qurashi al-A'ma (the blind), who is extremely da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Imam al-Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Wherever you may be, send blessings upon me, for your blessings will reach me."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Humayd bin Abi Zaynab, whom I do not know; the remaining narrators of this narration are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends salam upon me, Allah Almighty returns my soul to me so that I may return his salam."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains Abdullah bin Yazid al-Iskandarani, whom I do not know, and Mahdi bin Ja'far, who is thiqah (trustworthy) though there is disagreement about him; the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me, his blessing reaches me, and I supplicate for mercy for him, and besides that ten good deeds are recorded for him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator whom I do not know; the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty, in return, sends ten mercies upon him; whoever sends blessings upon me ten times, Allah Almighty sends 100 mercies upon him; and whoever sends blessings upon me one hundred times, Allah Almighty writes between his two eyes freedom from hypocrisy and freedom from Hell, and on the Day of Resurrection Allah Almighty will lodge that person with the martyrs."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say: From this Companion, al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded this narration: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty will send mercy upon him ten times."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Saghir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain contains Ibrahim bin Salim bin Shibl al-Hujaymi, whom I do not know; the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, I supplicate for mercy for him ten times."
(Allamah al-Haythami says:) I say:
Al-Nasa'i (may Allah have mercy on him) recorded it, but he narrated these words: "Allah Almighty sends mercy upon him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one in whose presence I am mentioned should send blessings upon me."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty sends ten mercies upon him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Yahya bin Abd al-Hamid al-Himmani, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) reports this saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Whoever sends blessings upon me once, Allah Almighty, in return, sends ten mercies upon him."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Hafs bin Sulayman al-Qari, whom Waki' and others declared thiqah (trustworthy), while the majority declared him da'if (weak); the remaining narrators of this narration are thiqat (trustworthy).