The Virtues of Sending Blessings upon the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Ibn al-Qayyim رحمه الله authored a book regarding sending Salah and Salam upon the Prophet ﷺ called: Jala’ al-Afhaam.
At the end of this book, he mentions almost 40 benefits of sending Salah upon the Prophet ﷺ. Here are some of them:
1) The person sending Salah is following the command of Allāh.
2) Allāh will send ten salawat on him everytime he sends Salah upon the Prophet ﷺ
3) The person is raised to ten levels.
4) Ten good deeds are written for him.
5) Ten sins are erased from him.
6) His Du’ā is likely to be accepted if he sends Salah at the beginning of the du’a.
7) Allāh is sufficient for him from all his worries.
8) Sending Salah is a means to attaining the Prophet’s ﷺ intercession.
9) It is a means to attain forgiveness for one’s sins.
10) It’s a means to getting close to the Prophet ﷺ on the day of judgement.
11) It’s a means to be saved from the terrors of the day of judgement.
12) It’s a means to remembering something one forgot.
13) It’s a means to attain barakah in one’s self, actions and life.
14) The Prophet ﷺ responds to the person who sends Salah and Salam upon him.
15) The one who always sends Salah upon the Prophet ﷺ will increase in love for him.
اللهمَّ صلِّ على محمَّد وعلى آل محمَّد، كما صليتَ على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم، إنَّك حميدٌ مجيد. اللهمَ بارِك على محمَّد وعلى آل محمَّد، كما باركتَ على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم، إنَّك حميدٌ مجيد