There are 24 hours in ONE DAY.
There are 60 minutes in ONE HOUR.
There are 60 seconds in ONE MINUTE.
Number of seconds in ONE HOUR = 60 minutes X 60 seconds = 3600 SECONDS
Number of seconds in ONE DAY = 24 hours X 3600 seconds in one hour
Number of seconds in ONE DAY = 86,400
The following questions have to be asked by you to yourself and they have to be answered by you......
Q1 Are there at least 86,400 pious Muslims in the entire world ?
Q2 Are there at least 86,400 angels created by Allah ?
Q3 Is Allah beyond the constraints of TIME ?
A man approached Shaikh Abdul Qadir al Jilani (ra) and asked for a form of Ibadah (worship) which no other being (human, angel) is engaged in. So that the inquirer will be the only one Praising Allah in this unique Praise at a particular time.
Shaikh Abdul Qadir thought for a moment. Then he answered the inquirer:
"Do the Tawwaf of Kaaba (go round the House of Allah) when no man or angel is doing the Tawwaf. Then you will be the only being that is Praising Allah in that manner".
There are lessons / morals in this story.
There is no form of Allah's Ibadah (worship) where at least more than one being is not engaged in at any given time.
1 Some being, somewhere, is reading the Quran at any given time.
2 Some being, somewhere, is performing prayer (Salah) at any given time.
3 Some being, somewhere, is giving charity at any given time.
4 Some being, somewhere, is fasting at any given time. (Angels do not eat or drink).
5 Some being, somewhere, is going round the Kaaba at any given time.
With items 1 to 4 above, these forms of Ibadah (worship) can be done anywhere in the world. Item 5 however can only be achieved at Makkah at the Kaaba. BUT, at no time in the 24 hours is the Kaaba without some being doing Tawwaf. If these beings are not visible, then they are invisible (angels). There is always some being doing Tawwaf of the Kaaba.
Although the task (of Praising Allah in a way in which no other being is engaged in) seems impossible, it can be made possible by Allah. Only Allah can make that possible. Allah has power to do what He Wills. The answer given by Shaikh Abdul Qadir (ra) may at first seem impossible, but there is hope in the answer. The Shaikh could have said "It is not possible" but he did not. Because he knew Allah can do anything He Wills. Just like if Allah can create us for the first time out of not being, He can resurrect us for the second time on the Day of Judgement. No Problem.
said: "Should anyone say ‘Salaam'
upon me Allah returns my soul to reply back."It took me 15 seconds to recite the above Darood Ibraheem. In 24 hours I need to recite the above Darood 86,400 divided by 15 = 5,760 times non stop, to account for every second in a 24 hour period.
If I recite Darood Khidr it takes me just 4 seconds. Therefore I need to recite this Darood Khidr 86,400 divided by 4 = 21,600 times in 24 hours to account for every second in a 24 hour period.
Supposing there is a Darood that takes just 1 second to recite (to make the arithmetic simple), then I would have to recite that Darood 86,400 times to cover every second in a 24 hour period. Alternatively, 86,400 beings can recite the Darood just once in 24 hours to cover every second in the entire 24 hours in a day.
This is where your answers to the questions Q1, Q2 and Q3 count.
Q1 Are there at least 86,400 pious Muslims in the entire world ?
If there are 86,400 pious Muslims in the world, then the entire 24 hours are covered by these 86,400 Muslims by reciting the Darood / Salawat just once.
If we take Salah (prayer) into account : ONLY COUNTING THE SUNNAH AND FARD
Darood Ibraheem is recited ONCE in each of the following prayers everyday :
FAJR - ONCE IN SUNNAH + ONCE IN FARD = 2 RECITATIONS OF DAROOD
ZUHR - SUNNAH + FARD + SUNNAH = 3
ASR - FARD = 1
MAGHRIB - FARD + SUNNAH = 2
ISHA - SUNNAH + FARD + SUNNAH + WITR = 4
TOTAL NUMBER OF RECITATIONS OF DAROOD IBRAHEEM IN A DAY BY A SINGLE PERSON WHO PRAYS FIVE TIMES A DAY = 2 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 4 = 12 TIMES
Each recitation of Darood Ibraheem takes 15 seconds.
Therefore minimum number of people required to recite Darood per day is
86400 / (12 x 15) = 480.
Q2 Are there at least 86,400 angels created by Allah ?
FACT - Allah and the angels
send blessings on Muhammad It
would take 86,400 angels to recite the Darood just once per day
to account for every second in a 24 hour period.
Q3 Is Allah beyond the constraints of TIME ?
FACT - From the MORAL above
we have learnt that Allah has power to do whatever He Wills. The
Quran backs that up. Can Allah not send Blessings on Muhammad
86,400 times per day ?
said: "Should anyone say ‘Salaam' upon me Allah returns
my soul to reply back."Taking all of the above
into consideration, when would the soul of Muhammad
be returned back to reply to all these people, angels and Allah?
Or put it another way when would the soul of Muhammad
return to the Barzakh or interspace when there is not a single
person, angel or Allah sending Darood on Muhammad ?
So, what is wrong with saying YA MUHAMMAD?
Allah has given each one of us a brain. We must use it. Muhammad
said "Seek knowledge, even
if you have to go to China".
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