Salawat: The Greatest Supplication

Hawzah News Agency- Abd al-Salam ibn Na'im said:

قُلْتُ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ): إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ الْبَيْتَ وَلَمْ يَحْضُرْنِي شَيْءٌ مِنَ الدُّعَاءِ إِلَّا الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ؟

فَقَالَ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ أَحَدٌ بِأَفْضَلَ مِمَّا خَرَجْتَ بِهِ.

I said to Abi Abdillah (Imam Sadiq), peace be upon him: “I entered the Ka’bah and no supplication came to my mind except sending blessings (salawat) upon Muhammad and his family.”

He replied: “Indeed, no one has left [the Ka’bah] with anything better than what you have left with.

Wasa'il al-Shi'ah, Vol. 7, p. 193, No. 9091