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One of the greatest benefits of sending salawāt upon the Prophet ﷺ is that Allāh will remove all anxiety from you. All three classifications, as a psychiatrist friend told me, of mental illness relate to various degrees of anxiety. And here we have an extremely practical way to prevent—and to remove once we’ve been afflicted with it—anxiety in all of its different forms. One of the things that I found...I have never seen anyone who sends abundant salawāt upon the Prophet ﷺ that’s not a happy and cheerful person, personally; I have never met someone who I know has a strong connection with the Prophet ﷺ and sends abundant salawāt upon him ﷺ except that they tend to be the lightest of spirits; they tend to be the most jovial and cheerful people—from the blessings of our Prophet ﷺ.

Ṣalawāt for Shifāʾ by the esteemed Qutb, Imām Ḥabīb ʾAḥmad Mashhūr al-Ḥaddād.

May Allāh (subḥānahū wa-taʿālā) bestow a beautiful and enduring cure upon all those who are unwell. Let us seek protection now and always through the profound honor of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ. Ameen.

A woman came to Sayyidina Hassan Al-Basri and said, "My daughter passed away and now I wish to see her in my dream."

Sayyidina Hassan told her, "Offer four rakaat Nafl after Isha and in each rakaat recite Surah At-Takasur (102). Then go to sleep while reciting Salawaat upon RasoolAllah ﷺ until you fall asleep."

The woman did so and narrated the dream to Sayyidina Hassan the next day. She said, "I saw her in a bad state. She was wearing dirty robes. Her hands were tied and there were chains of fire around her feet."

Sayyidina Hassan asked her to give sadqa and hope that her daughter's affliction gets lessened.

The following night Sayyidina Hassan himself saw a dream wherein he was in Jannah and there was a beautiful young girl on a throne dressed in magnificent clothes. She told him that she was the daughter of the woman who had visited him.

Sayyidina Hassan told her, "But your mother told me that she saw you in a bad state."

The girl said, "Indeed what she said was true. We were 70,000 souls who were afflicted with the torture of the grave until a pious person passed by us. He recited Salawaat upon RasoolAllah ﷺ dedicated it's sawaab to us. And Allah accepted it in such a manner that we were freed from our tribulations and what you see now is due to barakah of that Durood Shareef."

One of the greatest benefits of sending salawāt upon the Prophet (Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) is that Allah will remove all anxiety from you. All three classifications, as a psychiatrist friend told me, of mental illness relate to various degrees of anxiety. And here we have an extremely practical way to prevent—and to remove once we've been afflicted with it—anxiety in all of its different forms. One of the things that I found...I have never seen anyone who sends abundant salawāt upon the Prophet (Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) that's not a happy and cheerful person, personally; I have never met someone who I know has a strong connection with the Prophet (Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) and sends abundant salwāt upon him (Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) except that they tend to be the lightest of spirits; they tend to be the most jovial and cheerful people—from the blessings of our Prophet (Ṣallā Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam).