Why do we not say salawat for other prophets, for instance Hz. Adam, but for Hz. Ibrahim when we read "Salli Barik" supplications at the end of prayers?
Dear Brother / Sister,
First of all, we do so because our guide and master, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), ordered us to do so. An important wisdom of it can be as follows:
Hz. Ibrahim is Allah's friend; he passed great (hard) tests. As an advanced reward of it, Allah Almighty wanted to spread his name as long as the world existed. Great respect is shown for his memory in prayer as well as in hajj
Besides, as far as we learn from the Quran, all of the prophets that came after him were his descendants. His family (al) is prophets. That Hz. Muhammad (pbuh), who is Habibullah (Allah’s beloved one), and Hz. Ibrahim, who is Halilullah, are mentioned together in the salawat in the last sitting (tashahhud) in prayer aims to emphasize the togetherness of the grandfather of the prophets, who is Allah’s friend, and his grandson, who is Allah’s beloved one, and the fact that all heavenly religions are the same in terms of origin/principles of belief. It is possible to understand from it how important a slave’s loyalty is in his duty toward Allah.
"…Fulfil your covenant with Me as I fulfil My Covenant with you..." (al-Baqara, 2/40)
It is necessary to take important lessons from the verse above.
Another important issue is that the comparison between Hz. Muhammad’s family (offspring), who are not prophets, and Hz. Ibrahim’s family, who are prophets, indicates how high ranks Hz. Muhammad’s descendants have. In fact, the history of Islam is full of golden pages written by his descendants’ ink of science, knowledge, sincerity, courage and deeds.
Questions on Islam
- Are the salawats said after at-Tahiyyat different?
- Will you give information about salawat with a hundred thousand or a hundred million effects?
- What are salawat supplications and their meanings? Will you write all salawat supplications and their meanings?
- Are the salawat we read in prayer (salah) regarded as salawat read normally? How many times a day should we utter salawat in order to act in accordance with the following statement of the Prophet "Utter salawat for me a lot!"?
- Will you give information about the importance of saying salawat for the Prophet? Why are hands wiped over the face after saying salawat when the name of the Prophet is mentioned?
- Will you give information about the importance of saying salawat for the Prophet? Why are hands wiped over the face after saying salawat when the name of the Prophet is mentioned?
- How should we send greetings (utter salawat) to the Prophet (pbuh)? What salawat should we utter? Is it enough to say only "Allahumma salli ala sayyidina Muhammad" to send greetings and salawat to him?
- Why are Salli and Barik supplications read in prayer?
- What is the origin of the salawat we read in prayers? Who read them first?
- Is it fard to read the supplications of Allahumma Salli and Barik in the last sitting according to Shafiis?

