Salavat (gonoratora)

The sources of salavat utterance go back to Muhammad himself. In the collections of hadith it is told how once an angel Djibril appeared before him and said: “Woe to the one who meets the month of Ramadan and allows him to end without deserving forgiveness ... Woe to the one in which your name is mentioned and he does not read salavat for you ... Woe to the man whose parents have reached old age, and he still has not earned the right to enter Paradise (thanks to taking care of them). ” Thus, the companions of Muhammad, after mentioning his name, were the first to add the salavat formula ^[2] .

Salavat is used not only in religious texts, but also in everyday speech. For example, during the 2005–2006 cartoon scandal in one of the stores in Saudi Arabia , the following announcement was posted: “To our esteemed customers. Due to their ridicule of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him , the markets of al-Tamimi announce their boycott of Danish products of all kinds. ”

In texts, it is usually abbreviated to SAA.V. S.G.V. , САС , САВС or MEIB (Grace and blessings be upon him). In the Arabic text, abbreviate to one letter " ص (garden) ". The abbreviation Salavat is used in Islamic countries in both private and official correspondence, and in some countries, even in government documents.

Many theologians prohibit the reduction of salavat ^[3] .

In Unicode, a special character is allocated for this phrase, U + FDFA ﷺ Arabic Ligature Sallallahou Alayhe Wasallam ^[4] .

Shiites at the mention of Muhammad say (SAAS) - Allahumma, sally 'ala Muhammadin, wa' ali Muhammad , which means "O Allah, bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad."