Another virtue of sending salutations (durud)

Kindly provide the reference for this Hadith:

“Whoever sends salutations upon me once, Allah Ta’ala will send salutations upon him ten-fold, will erase ten sins from him, and will raise him ten degrees in status”

Answer:

Imam Nasai (rahimahullah) has recorded these words on the authority of Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (radiyallahu ‘anhu).

(Sunan Nasai; Al Mujtaba, Hadith: 1297. Also see Fathul Bari, Hadith: 6358, vol. 11 pg. 167 )

Imam Ibn Hibban and Imam Hakim (rahimahumallah) have declared a shorter version of this Hadith authentic.

(Sahih Ibn Hibban; Al Ihsan, Hadith: 904 and Mustadrak Hakim, vol. 1 pg. 550)

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar

This answer was collected from HadithAnswers.com. The answers were either answered or checked by Moulana Haroon Abasoomar (rahimahullah) who was a Shaykhul Hadith in South Africa, or by his son, Moulana Muhammad Abasoomer (hafizahullah), who is a Hadith specialist. 

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