One of the absurd traditions of this later generation is to abbreviate the writing of صلى الله عليه وسلم to "SAWS" or "PBUH", when the name of our Prophet Muhammad is mentioned in written form.
Muslims are obliged to send Allaah's Salaah and Salaam upon Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم when his name is mentioned because Allaah has commanded us!
'Verily Allaah and His Angels send Salaah on the Prophet. O you who believe! Invoke Salaah upon him, as well as a complete Salaam!' [Soorah Al-Ahzaab (33):56]
When you abbreviate the phrase into initials, does it really fulfill the obligation of sending the Salah and Salaam on the Messenger?
The Committee of Major Scholars in Saudi Arabia issued the following verdict when asked about the validity of abbreviating the Salaah on the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم :
"The Sunnah is to write the entire phrase صلى الله عليه وسلم since it is a kind of supplication, and supplication is worship, (in one's WRITING) just as it is in one's SPEECH. So to abbreviate it using the letter SAAD or the word SAAD-LAAM-'AYN-MEEM is NOT a supplication NOR it is worship, whether it occurs in speech or writing. For this reason, this abbreviation was not used by the first three generations, those that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم testified to their goodness."
*"SAAD" and "SAAD-LAAM-'AYN-MEEM" are often used in some 'Arabic books. The English equivalents of these abbreviations would be: SAW, SAWS, SAAWS, PBUH, and the likes.
The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"For each time someone invokes salaah upon me, Allaah writes for him ten good rewards because of it." [Saheeh Ibn Hibbaan (#906, 3/187)]
Why have we become so lazy and stingy that we cannot even properly send supplication upon our Prophet? When we talk, we do not say "Es-Ey-Doublew" or "Pee-Bee-Yoo-Ech", do we?
Properly sending Salah and Salam upon our Prophet actually has THREE benefits for us:
- We fulfill a command of Allah
- We express and increase in our love for the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
- We gain reward for it
And Allaah knows best. May the most perfect and complete Salaah and Salaam be upon our beloved Messenger, and upon his noble family and companions.
Source : Bakkah.net
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