Q: Is it permissible to partake in “salaami” standing up and recting naaths in the praise of Nabi (saw)?
A: Reciting Durood upon Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) is a virtuous deed and earns one immense reward. Shariat has permitted the recitation of the Durood in all conditions without any restriction (i.e. standing, sitting, whilst lying down etc.). Hence, restricting the Durood to any condition or occasion is impermissible. The practice of Salaami prevalent nowadays is an innovation in Deen and thus impermissible. Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said: من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد “The one who innovates a practice in our Deen, it will be rejected”.
Furthermore, Salaami does not conform to Shariat on account of the restrictions that people have brought in it as well as many other wrongs. Hereunder are some of the wrongs that are found in it:
This method of reciting Durood was never found in the time of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) and the many centuries that followed.
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People regard it necessary to stand and recite the Salaami.
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People regard this method of reciting Durood (Salaami) as a Sunnat of deen.
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People look down at the one who does not stand during the Salaami.
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People regard not standing as a sign of disrespect shown to Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam).
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In many places, people regard Nabi (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) to be present at the place whereSalaami takes place.
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People regard the recitation of the Salaami on special occasions as necessary.
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In many places, the Salaami takes place without segregation between the sexes.
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها ، قالت : قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد (رياض الصالحين)
ومن جملة ما أحدثوه من البدع مع اعتقادهم أن ذلك من أكبر العبادات وإظهار الشعائر ما يفعلونه في شهر ربيع الأول من مولد وقد احتوى على بدع ومحرمات جملة (المدخل لابن الحاج 2/2)
فتاوى محمودية 5/378-379
Answered by:
Mufti Zakaria Makada
Checked & Approved:
Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)