The ruling on the innovated prayer of sending blessings upon the Prophet

Question:
What is the ruling on this supplication: “O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad, through whom knots are untied, through whom distresses are relieved, and endings are made good, and the clouds are made to rain by His noble face, and upon his family and companions, in every breath, according to a known number?”

Answer:
This is an innovated prayer; these are innovated words and are not permissible. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us how to send blessings upon him. He said, “Say: in the worlds, for You are Praiseworthy and Majestic.” This is the prayer upon the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), the Ibrahimi prayer that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught us. As for these innovated prayers, they are not permissible, and they may contain shirk (associating partners with Allah), because the One who relieves distresses and so on is Allah the Exalted and Majestic. The Messenger does not relieve distresses; rather, it is Allah who unties the knots—whether they are in the soul or the heart, or the difficult knots that befall a person—no one unties them but Allah the Exalted and Majestic. The Messenger is only a conveyor of the message from Allah and a caller to Allah the Mighty and Majestic. As for the idea that he relieves distresses, unties knots, and so on, and that the clouds are made to rain by him, all of this is shirk (associating partners with Allah) with Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes.