A Pandit's Experience Regarding Durood Sharif:
We have a friend, Qari Shabbir Sahab, who is visually impaired. He mentioned that he was once sitting at Ghaziabad station. Another man was sitting right next to him, and he was continuously reciting Durood Sharif. Being visually impaired, Qari Sahab could not see him, but he heard that the man was reciting Durood Sharif with great absorption. He asked, "What is your name?"
The man replied, "I am so-and-so Pandit."
Qari Sahab was deeply astonished and asked, "Are you a Pandit? A Hindu?"
He replied, "Yes, I am a Pandit."
"Then why are you reciting this Durood Sharif?"
The Pandit said, "Oh sir! I can never leave this. I recite it a thousand times daily, never less than that."
"But why do you recite it?"
He explained, "I am a big businessman. Once, I suffered a huge loss in business. I had a friendship with a Maulvi Sahab, so I mentioned to him, 'Brother! I have suffered a major loss.' He advised me to recite this Durood Sharif, saying, 'Keep reciting this, and your business will be fine.' He had told me to do it a thousand times, and I recite it daily. Since then, my business has flourished so much that I have never suffered a loss again. I will never leave it under any circumstance."
When a non-Muslim recites it and finds so much blessing, imagine how many blessings and mercies of Allah will descend when a Muslim recites it with love and devotion for the Prophet (ﷺ), and how much love Allah will bestow upon them!
*اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَى آلِ سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّد وَبَارِكُ وَسَلَّم*
(O Allah, send blessings, peace, and bounty upon our master Muhammad and upon the family of our master Muhammad.)
These words have been stated by the Holy Prophet (ﷺ), and there is great blessing in them.
- Excerpted
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