Question:
What are the properties of as Salat al Kamil, and as Salat al Kaamaliya and the # of times they should be read?
JazakumAllah Khayr
Answer:
About Salat al-Kamal which is:
.اَللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ وَبَارِكْ عَلَى سَيِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدٍ
وَعَلَى آلِهِ كَمَا لاَ نِهَايَةَ لِكَمَالِك َوَعَدَدَ كَمَالِه
Allahumma salli wa sallim wa baarik `ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa `ala
aalihi kamaa laa nihayata li-kamaalika wa `adada kamalih.
O Allah! Grant salawat on the Prophet (s) without end on the number of
perfection with which You dressed him!
Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani said:
It is the most honored salawat about which awliyaullah said one recitation equals 70,000 salawat, and in the Shafi`i school of thought they say it is “rewarded with no end,” as Allah’s Perfection has no end! It is read between Maghrib and `Isha, especially to remove forgetfulness and strengthen the memory:
About the Salat al-Kamaliyya, which is:
اللهم صلّ وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله عدد كمال الله وكما يليق بكماله
Allahumma salli wa sallim wa baarik `ala Sayyidina Muhammad wa `ala aalihi `adada kamaalillah wa kamaa yaleequ bi kamaalih.
O Allah! Bestow Your Blessings, Peace and Grace upon our Master, Muhammad, and upon His Family according to the Perfection of Allah and as befits his perfection!
Shaykh Hisham said:
This salawat is similar to as-Salat al-Kaamil, but with the difference of adding `aala aalihi `adada kamaalillaah wa kamaa yaleequ bi kamaalihi, “on the number of Allah’s Perfection and on the greatness of the word ‘perfection,’ itself” which is not what we understand, but rather Divine Perfection that has no less or no more, the highest level of perfection that is divine, not created. In some narrations which are more commonly followed in the Shafi`i School and Middle Eastern countries its recitation is similar and it is said that there is no end to the reward for this salawaat. For that reason they cannot say it is equal to 600,000 salaat, nor 1,000,000 salaat, this salaat has no end, as Allah’s Perfection has no end, this salaat has no end to its reward and benefit.
Taher Siddiqui
