Why do we say sallallahu alaihi wasallam? | Noor Academy
We say sallallahu alaihi wasallam as means to send prayers upon the prophet (peace and blessing be upon him). Allah instructed us in the holy Quran to send Salwat (prayers) upon the prophet in the following verse of surah Ahzab: إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ۚ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًا “Allah s.w.t and His angels send Selawat on the Prophet s.a.w: O you who believe! Send your Selawat upon him and salute him with all