(peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence, and may peace be upon them abundantly.)
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The Shaykh :"May Allah send blessings upon him" This is a declarative sentence, but it carries the meaning of a supplication. So when you say "May Allah send blessings upon him," it is as if you are saying, "O Allah, send blessings upon him."
The sending of blessings by Allah upon him is, according to many scholars, His praise of His servant in the highest assembly, meaning He elevates his mention in the highest assembly and praises him. It also includes a special mercy because it is a form of connection, so it contains a mercy more specific than general mercy.
"And upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment" Three groups are mentioned: the family, the Companions, and the followers. When all three are mentioned, it is obligatory to explain that the family are the believers among his relatives, such as 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hamzah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, Ibn 'Abbas, and others like them. And the Companions are the plural of "companion," referring to those who met the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his Companions) while believing in him and died upon that belief. On the correct view, it is not required that the companionship be long; rather, whenever one met him, even briefly, while believing in him, he is a Companion. This is a characteristic of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his Companions), because for anyone other than the Prophet, his companions are not called "Companions" unless the companionship was long.
"And upon those who follow them with excellence" It did not say "those who follow them" alone, but it qualified "those who follow them" just as Allah qualified it in His saying:[At-Tawbah 9:100] This qualification is necessary because many people claim to be followers, but they did not follow with excellence; either they added to the religion or they subtracted from it.
"And may peace be upon them abundantly" It does not say "and peace be upon them" alone; rather, it emphasized the verb with the noun: "peace be upon them," meaning He protected them from harm and distress. Therefore, in the sending of blessings, the desired outcome is achieved, and in the sending of peace, distress is removed.
If the family are mentioned alone, they become all the followers. So if one says, "O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad," the family refers to everyone who followed him in his religion. For this reason, we say that if a man says, "O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad," he has made a supplication for himself, correct? Yes, that is correct. How is that? Because he is among those who followed him.
Now, if the family and the Companions are mentioned, the family refers to everyone who followed him, and the Companions are more specific, so this is a case of appending the specific to the general.
The sending of blessings by Allah upon him is, according to many scholars, His praise of His servant in the highest assembly, meaning He elevates his mention in the highest assembly and praises him. It also includes a special mercy because it is a form of connection, so it contains a mercy more specific than general mercy.
"And upon his family and his Companions, and upon those who follow them with excellence until the Day of Judgment" Three groups are mentioned: the family, the Companions, and the followers. When all three are mentioned, it is obligatory to explain that the family are the believers among his relatives, such as 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, Hamzah ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib, Ibn 'Abbas, and others like them. And the Companions are the plural of "companion," referring to those who met the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his Companions) while believing in him and died upon that belief. On the correct view, it is not required that the companionship be long; rather, whenever one met him, even briefly, while believing in him, he is a Companion. This is a characteristic of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his Companions), because for anyone other than the Prophet, his companions are not called "Companions" unless the companionship was long.
"And upon those who follow them with excellence" It did not say "those who follow them" alone, but it qualified "those who follow them" just as Allah qualified it in His saying:
And the first forerunners [in the faith] among the Muhajireen and the Ansar and those who followed them with good conduct
وَالسَّابِقُونَ الْأَوَّلُونَ مِنَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ وَالْأَنْصَارِ وَالَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُمْ بِإِحْسَانٍ"And may peace be upon them abundantly" It does not say "and peace be upon them" alone; rather, it emphasized the verb with the noun: "peace be upon them," meaning He protected them from harm and distress. Therefore, in the sending of blessings, the desired outcome is achieved, and in the sending of peace, distress is removed.
If the family are mentioned alone, they become all the followers. So if one says, "O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad," the family refers to everyone who followed him in his religion. For this reason, we say that if a man says, "O Allah, send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the family of Muhammad," he has made a supplication for himself, correct? Yes, that is correct. How is that? Because he is among those who followed him.
Now, if the family and the Companions are mentioned, the family refers to everyone who followed him, and the Companions are more specific, so this is a case of appending the specific to the general.