What is the manner of sending blessings upon the Prophet? And is it permissible not to adhere to what came in the Sunnah due to the generality of the verse commanding the sending of blessings upon the Prophet?
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The Shaykh: An adhan that is a religious innovation, where one adds to what came before or after it... .
The questioner: The sending of blessings... .
The Shaykh: ... O Shaykh ...[Al-Ahzab 33:56] What is ... that this general Qur'anic text was revealed to, did he apply it in this manner?
The questioner: No.
The Shaykh: Ah, so the general text must be understood within the limits of how it was applied in the first era.
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner: The sending of blessings... .
The Shaykh: ... O Shaykh ...
O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاThe questioner: No.
The Shaykh: Ah, so the general text must be understood within the limits of how it was applied in the first era.
The questioner: Yes.
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