The ruling on sending blessings upon anyone other than the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
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Question:
Shaykh, if a Muslim says to his brother, “O Allah, send blessings upon my brother so-and-so.”
Answer:
It is permissible to offer the funeral prayer for Muslims other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but this should not be made a permanent practice except for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). However, there is no harm in doing it occasionally. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan Ibn Majah 1796Sahih (Darussalam). So if this is done occasionally, there is no harm. Yes.
Shaykh, if a Muslim says to his brother, “O Allah, send blessings upon my brother so-and-so.”
Answer:
It is permissible to offer the funeral prayer for Muslims other than the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), but this should not be made a permanent practice except for the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). However, there is no harm in doing it occasionally. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Allhumma, salli ala ali abi awfa(O Allah! Send blessing upon the family of Abu Awfa).
اللهم صل على آل أبي أوفى
Source
قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الفوزان 25-01-1438هـ — youtube.com (5:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.