Restricting oneself to saying “O Allah, send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah” in the tashahhud
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by saying “O Allah, send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah” suffice in place of the Ibrahimiyyah prayer in the final tashahhud?
Answer:
What has come to you is “and peace,” and what has come is “O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad.” So one restricts oneself to this. There is nothing else in the prayer that one looks at, and one does not say “our master Muhammad,” because this has not been transmitted. Even though he is our master (peace and blessings be upon him), the master of the worlds, the master of the children of Adam, the master of the offspring of Adam (peace and blessings be upon him), the prayer is specific, and nothing is said in it except what was transmitted from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It was not transmitted to say “O Allah, send blessings and peace upon the Prophet,” but rather it was transmitted to say “O Allah, send blessings upon the Prophet,” because the peace upon you, O Prophet, preceded this peace; it preceded.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, does sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) by saying “O Allah, send blessings and peace upon the Messenger of Allah” suffice in place of the Ibrahimiyyah prayer in the final tashahhud?
Answer:
What has come to you is “and peace,” and what has come is “O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad.” So one restricts oneself to this. There is nothing else in the prayer that one looks at, and one does not say “our master Muhammad,” because this has not been transmitted. Even though he is our master (peace and blessings be upon him), the master of the worlds, the master of the children of Adam, the master of the offspring of Adam (peace and blessings be upon him), the prayer is specific, and nothing is said in it except what was transmitted from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). It was not transmitted to say “O Allah, send blessings and peace upon the Prophet,” but rather it was transmitted to say “O Allah, send blessings upon the Prophet,” because the peace upon you, O Prophet, preceded this peace; it preceded.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/27 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:09:17)
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