Sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: "It has been told to me that supplication remains suspended between the heavens and the earth; no part of it rises upward (to the court of Allah) until blessings are sent upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)."
Imam al-Tirmidhi recorded this hadith in his Sunan (no. 486) and Shaykh al-Albani declared it hasan (good); this narration is a mawquf (halted) saying of Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), or the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat with him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O Abu Dharr, have you prayed the forenoon (Duha) prayer?" Then the narrator mentioned the whole hadith, in which there is also (the saying) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Truly, the most misguided of people is the one in whose presence I am mentioned and he does not send blessings upon me." (peace and blessings be upon him)
Imam al-Harith also narrated the same in his chain through Ubaydullah bin Muhammad bin A'ishah, Hammad, Ibn Hilal al-Anazi and a man.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Niyar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no servant who sends blessings upon me once, with sincerity of heart and complete devotion, except that Allah Almighty writes for him in return ten blessings (mercies), records ten good deeds in his record of deeds, erases ten of his sins, and raises him ten degrees." Imam Ishaq said: I asked Abu Usamah: Did Sa'id bin Sa'id Abu al-Sabbah narrate to you, from Sa'id bin Umayr bin Uqbah, from his paternal uncle Sayyiduna Abu Burdah bin Niyar (may Allah be pleased with him), this saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? Abu Usamah affirmed it and said: Yes.
Imam al-Nasa'i recorded it in his book 'Amal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah' through Zakariyya bin Yahya and Abu Kurayb; and the hadith of Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) is among the first hadith of the chapter on the Prophets (peace and blessings be upon them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), advising us, said: "Do not make me like the rider's cup (which he keeps with him merely as a secondary item for his own need). For when the rider hangs his baggage on his mount, he takes his cup and fills it with water; then if he needs to make ablution, he makes ablution, and if he needs to drink, he drinks; otherwise he pours out whatever is in it. (Never do that; rather,) remember me at the beginning of your supplication, in the middle of the supplication and at the end of the supplication (with remembrance and blessings)."
Imam al-Bayhaqi recorded this hadith in 'Shu'ab al-Iman'; however, due to the weakness of Musa bin Ubaydah al-Rabadhi in its chain, its standing is weak according to the hadith scholars.

It is narrated from a reliable man of the tribe of Tayyi' (whom the narrator praised highly) that he said: "I used to keep beseeching Allah Almighty to show me His blessed Name by which, whenever He is supplicated, He grants acceptance. Then I found it written among the clusters of stars in the sky: 'Ya Badi' al-samawati wa al-ard, ya Dha al-jalali wa al-ikram' (O Originator of the heavens and the earth (without any prior model)! O Possessor of majesty and honour, and of bounty and generosity!)."
Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it in his Musnad; its chain contains an unnamed man from the tribe of Tayyi', though Imam al-Sari bin Yahya testified to his reliability.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ammar bin Yasir (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Truly, Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, has granted me an angel from among the angels who will stand (appointed) at my grave after my death. So whenever any servant sends blessings upon me, that angel will say (in my presence): 'O Muhammad, so-and-so son of so-and-so sends blessings upon you.' The angel will call him by his own name and his father's name, and Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, in return for that one blessing, will send down ten mercies upon that person."
Imam al-Harith bin Abi Usamah recorded this hadith in his Musnad; its chain contains Abd al-Aziz bin Aban al-Umawi, who is matruk (abandoned) and da'if (weak) according to the hadith scholars. However, the basic subject of the virtues of sending blessings and of blessings being conveyed through angels is established by other sahih hadith and supporting evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out to relieve himself, and there was no one behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) (to attend to him). Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) became concerned and followed him (peace and blessings be upon him), carrying water in an earthenware vessel and a vessel for ablution. He found him (peace and blessings be upon him) prostrating in one of his small gardens, so he moved aside and sat behind him (peace and blessings be upon him) until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) raised his blessed head and said: "O Umar, you did very well when, seeing me in prostration, you moved aside from me. Truly, Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and told me: Whoever sends blessings upon you once, Allah Almighty will send down ten mercies upon him and raise him ten degrees."
Imam Abu Bakr recorded this hadith.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ascended one step of the pulpit and said: "Amin." Then he ascended the second step and said: "Amin." Then he mounted the third step and said: "Amin." Then, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had settled on the pulpit and sat down, his Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked: O Prophet of Allah, upon what did you say Amin? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Jibril (peace be upon him) came to me and said (invoking against them): 'May the nose of the man be rubbed in the dust (may he be humiliated) who found his parents, or one of them, (in their old age) and did not enter Paradise (by serving them).' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said: 'Amin (O Allah, accept it).' Then he said: 'And may the nose of the person be rubbed in the dust who found the month of Ramadan and (did not benefit from its blessings, until) he was not forgiven.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said: 'Amin (O Allah, accept it).' Then he said: 'And may the nose of the person be rubbed in the dust in whose presence you were mentioned but he did not send blessings upon you.' He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I said: 'Amin (O Allah, accept it).'"
[Takhrij: al-Adab al-Mufrad of al-Bukhari: 646; Sahih Ibn Hibban: 907; the hadith is sahih li-ghayrihi (authentic due to supporting narrations).]

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mounted the pulpit and said three times: "Amin, Amin, Amin." It was said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when you mounted the pulpit you said "Amin" three times; what is the reason for that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Truly, Jibril (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me and said: 'May that person be deprived of Allah's mercy who found the month of Ramadan and was not forgiven, then (dying in that state) entered the Fire; may Allah Almighty keep him far from His mercy. Say: Amin.' So I said: 'Amin (O Allah, let it be so).' 'And the person who found his parents, or one of them, and did not treat them with kindness, then died and entered the Fire; may Allah keep him far from His mercy. Say: Amin.' So I said: 'Amin.' 'And the person in whose presence you were mentioned and he did not send blessings upon you, then died and fell into the Fire of Hell; may Allah Almighty keep him far from His presence. Say: Amin.' So I said: 'Amin.'"
The chain of this hadith is hasan (good); Imam Abu Ya'la recorded it in his Musnad, and its supporting narrations are found in other books of hadith, including the two Sahihs, which raise it to the level of sahih (authentic).

It is narrated from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Take care to send abundant blessings upon me on the day of Jumu'ah (Friday), for indeed your blessings are presented to me."
This narration is mursal.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Buraydah al-Khuza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) that we said: "O Messenger of Allah, we have come to know how to send salam (greetings of peace) upon you, but how should we send salah (blessings) upon you?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Say: 'Allahumma ij'al salawatika wa rahmataka ala Muhammadin wa ala ali Muhammadin kama ja'altaha ala ali Ibrahima innaka Hamidun Majid' (O Allah, send down Your special blessings and Your mercy upon Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him)) and upon the family of Muhammad ((peace and blessings be upon him)), just as You sent them down upon the family of Ibrahim (peace be upon him); indeed You are Most Praiseworthy, Most Glorious)."
Imam Ahmad bin Mani' recorded this hadith; however, its chain contains the narrator Abu Dawud al-A'ma (Nafi' bin al-Harith), who is severely da'if (weak) and matruk al-hadith (abandoned in hadith) according to the majority of hadith scholars.

It is narrated from Thuwayr (may Allah have mercy on him), the freed slave of Banu Hashim, that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) how blessings should be sent upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Say: 'Allahumma ij'al salawatika wa barakatika wa rahmataka ala sayyid al-mursalin, wa imam al-muttaqin, wa khatam al-nabiyyin, Muhammadin abdika wa rasulika, imam al-khayri wa qa'id al-khayr. Allahumma ib'athhu yawm al-qiyamati maqaman mahmudan yaghbituhu al-awwaluna wa al-akhirun, wa salli ala Muhammadin wa ala ali Muhammadin kama sallayta ala Ibrahima wa ali Ibrahima innaka Hamidun Majid' (O Allah, send down Your special favours, Your blessings and Your mercy upon the leader of the Messengers, the imam of the God-fearing and the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), Your chosen servant and Your Messenger, the imam of goodness and the leader and guide to good. O Allah, on the Day of Resurrection raise him to that "praised station" [Surah al-Isra: 79] which the first and the last (all of them) will envy; and send down Your mercy upon Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and his family just as You sent down mercy upon Ibrahim (peace be upon him) and his family; indeed You alone are Most Praiseworthy, the Possessor of grandeur and glory).
The imams of hadith have recorded this narration in their books; in it Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) taught extremely eloquent and comprehensive words of blessings and peace befitting the sacred status of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "Whichever member of the Ummah of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) sends blessings upon the sacred person of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or offers the gift of salam (peace) in his (peace and blessings be upon him) presence, those blessings and greetings are necessarily conveyed to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and it is said (by an angel) thus: 'So-and-so sends blessings upon you, and so-and-so sends greetings of peace upon you.'"
The chain of this athar (report) contains Abu Yahya al-Qattat al-Kufi, a da'if (weak) narrator; however, the subject of blessings and greetings being conveyed to him (peace and blessings be upon him) through angels is established by other sahih hadith.