Shaykh Bin Baz was asked:
Question:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “The most stingy of those who are stingy is the one whom I am mentioned in his presence and he does not send salat upon me“. *
The questioner says: I am in the prayer between magrhib and isha and the radio is near me and I pray next to the radio channel “The call of Islam”. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) is mentioned next to me, that is his description, and I am in the prayer. So do I send salat upon him during the prayer or does that nullify my prayer? Benefit me, may Allah benefit you/
Answer:
“There is no harm in that. If you send salat in your prayer, there is no harm. If his mention passes (ﷺ), send salam upon him, there is no harm:
اللهم صل عليه
Oh Allah send blessings upon him
It comes in the authentic Saheeh which Jibreel (may peace be upon him) said:
رغم أنف امرئ ذكرت عنده فلم يصلِّ عليك
May he be humiliated the person who you are mentioned in his presence and he does not send greetings upon you
[Saheeh Tirmidhi no. 3545]
So sending salat upon the Prophet (ﷺ) is legislated when he (ﷺ) is mentioned. Some of the people of knowledge say it is obligatory. Like this, from the detestable stinginess is not sending greetings upon him. The aforementioned Hadith [in the question] has an origin. From the detestable stinginess is for the mention of the Prophet (ﷺ) to pass a person and he does not send salat upon him (ﷺ). So the Sunnah of the believer is that if he hears the mention of the Prophet, to send salat upon him (ﷺ). Likewise in prayer, in the end of the prayer and in the first tashahudd, he sends blessings upon the Prophet (ﷺ). Likewise on the day of Jummah he increases in the mention of the Prophet and likewise after the adhan he sends blessings upon the Prophet (ﷺ). He says:
اللهم رب هذه الدعوة التامة
O Allah, Rubb of this perfect call (Da’wah)
[Bukhari no. 243]
Until the end. It is legislated to send salat upon the Prophet (ﷺ) always. In the authentic Hadith:
من صلى علي واحدة صلى الله عليه بها عشراً
Whoever sends one salat upon me, Allah sends salat upon him ten times
[Saheeh Jami no. 6358]
May Allah reward you”
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
Question:
Does that include the obligatory salahs ?
Answer:
It is better not to.
Shaikh Bin Baz rahimahullah said:
“…If he sent salat upon the Prophet (ﷺ) or said Subhanallah when the Names of Allah are mentioned, then there is no harm. However, leaving it off is better. This is because it is preserved that the Prophet (ﷺ), if he recited in the loud prayers, he would not stop at a verse of mercy nor a verse mentioning a threat nor a verse mentioning the Names of Allah and His attributes. He would continue to recite. So what is better for you is to continue to recite and not stop nor say something when the Imam passes verses while reciting. Nor should you when you are reciting in the obligatory prayer. As for the voluntary prayer, then the affair is spacious. In tahajjud of the night or the like, when you recite, stop at a verse of mercy and ask Allah, and a verse mentioning a threat and seeking refugee, and in the mention of the Names of Allah, glorify Allah, and when the Prophet is mentioned send salat upon him (ﷺ) …
Translated by
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
*As for the Hadith, then it is mentioned here:
ألا أُخبركم بأبخلِ الناسِ ؟ ! . قالوا : بلى يا رسولَ اللهِ ! قال : من ذُكِرتُ عندَه فلم يُصلِّ عليَّ ، فذلك أبخلُ الناسِ
Should I not inform you of the most stingy of people? They said: Of course, O Messenger of Allah! He said: The one whom I am mentioned to him and he does not send salat upon me. That is the most stingy of people.
Reported by Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) and graded Saheeh Li Ghairhi by al-Albani in Saheeh Targheeb (no. 1684)]
Faisal Ibn Abdul Qaadir Ibn Hassan
Abu Sulaymaan
