4. Intermediation through the Prophet’s high station

The prayer for the Prophet’s appointment to his high station and to use it as mediation earns one not only Allah’s blessings but also guarantees the Prophet’s intercession for him on the Day of Judgement. The Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) said:

When you hear a mu’adhdhin calling out for prayer, you should also say what he says, then send blessings on me. Surely, whoso sends blessings on me (once), Allah sends His mercy on him ten times. Then ask Allah for the wasīlah to be granted to me. It is a position in Paradise which is reserved for His special servant and I’m hopeful that I’m that special servant. So anyone who asks (Allah) the wasīlah for me, my intercession for him will be obligatory (on the Day of Judgement).[18]

If someone sends salutations on the holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) once, he is rewarded with Allah’s mercy ten times. And similarly if someone prays to Allah for appointing the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) to the promised high station in Paradise, that person is entitled to his intercession on the Day of Judgement.


[18]. Muslim, as-Sahīh, b. of salāt (prayer) ch.7 (1:288-9#384); Abū Dāwūd, Sunan, b. of salāt (1:144#523); Tirmidhī, al-Jāmi‘-us-sahīh, b. of manāqib (virtues and merits) ch.1 (5:586-7#3614); Nasā’ī in Sunan, b. of adhān (the call to prayer) 2:25-6, and ‘Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah, p.158 (#45); Ahmad bin Hambal, Musnad (2:168); Baghawī, Sharh-us-sunnah, 2:284-5 (#421); Ibn Khuzaymah, as-Sahīh, 1:219 (#418); Abū ‘Awānah, Musnad (1:336); Ibn Hibbān, as-Sahīh (4:588-90#1690-2); Ibn-us-Sunnī, ‘Amal-ul-yawm wal-laylah, p.33 (#91); Bayhaqī, as-Sunan-ul-kubrā (1:409-10); Muhammad Khatīb Tabrīzī, Mishkāt-ul-masābīh, b. of salāt, ch.5 (1:215#657); and ‘Alā’-ud-Dīn ‘Alī, Kanz-ul-‘ummāl (7:700#20998).