 There was a man who came to Imam al-Ridha and he says to the Imam Yabna Rasulillah, I've committed a lot of sins You know when I read a hadith like this, I think to myself subhanallah Can you imagine? How approachable Imam al-Ridha is that someone comes to me says Yabna Rasulillah. I'm in trouble. I committed a lot of sins and Look what else he says And I just don't have the energy to do major good deeds So he's asking the Imam that I've messed up. I've committed every sin in the book Just give me a shortcut, right? Give me a quick you turn back to Allah. You know, I don't have the energy. I'm an old man. Just give me give me the passcode Do you know what the Imam says to him? Man lam yaqdir Ala ma yukaffir bihi Dhunubah. If you're not able to do good deeds That will serve as a kafara for your sins Fali yukther min as-salati ala Muhammadin wa aali Muhammad If you if if you can't do anything, you don't have the energy then at the very least Send salutations upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad Now you may ask me You know brothers and sisters for a long time. I Often wondered Why is salawat so powerful? You know, we have many ahadith Let's say if you mean Allah on the day of judgment and Your good deeds are about the same as your evil deeds What will tip the scales for many Mu'mineen is the reward and the weight of the salawat upon Muhammad wa aali Muhammad But the question is why Why is salawat So powerful Why does it have the ability because the Imam says if you do that fa inna ha tahideemu dhunoo because salawat demolishes sins The Imam uses a very powerful word demolishes sins The answer to this question is actually in the Quran Some of us we've been reciting salawat all of our lives, but we don't know why This is such a powerful action The answer to the question It's found in two verses. I need two verses to explain to you why salawat is so powerful number one Surah al-Ahzab surah 33 Verse 56 I usually hate when people take out their phones But if you want to follow along you have my permission to take out your phone and look at the eye Otherwise, I'll call you out and make it the most embarrassing moment of your life The ayah from surah al-Ahzab ayah 56 you're all familiar with it The first part of the ayah is a declarative statement without a doubt. Allah sends salutations All of the angels send salutations upon the prophet You saloon it's constantly happening And then there's a command at the end of the verse There's a command for us to send salawat upon the prophet Now If you go To ayah number 43 From surah al-Ahzab the same surah Allah speaks about what happens. What is the function of salawat? What does it do? How does it play In our spirituality what happens Allah says And then Allah mentions the benefit the spiritual benefit of salawat Salawat removes darkness from the heart and puts noor in the heart Because the Qur'an says When the prophet is receiving salawat from Allah and from the melaika at every moment it means that at every moment The noor in the heart of rasulullah is increasing So how do we come into play? The ayah is essentially saying that the noor the light in the heart of the prophet is perpetually growing Rasulullah at every moment he's going higher And higher because the distance between insan And Allah is infinite And therefore the journey is infinite towards Allah now When I tell you Do you realize what you just did? You made a dua For who? You made a dua For the prophet you asked Allah To send salawat upon the prophet Rasulullah is so generous That if you make dua for him you think he's not going to make dua for you Every time you send salawat Muhammad wa ali Muhammad reciprocate by making dua for you And they're going to ask Allah to give you what you need most and that is what the expiation of your sins The expiation of your sins