‘ The ‘Ulamah differed amongst themselves regarding the word “Sayyidun?” when sending Sal?t on the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -). Im?m Ibn Hajar was asked regarding this point and he answered in a very convincing manner. The following paragraphs present the question and the answer.

The question: Is it an obligation in Sal?t or outside Sal?t that a muslim says the word “Sayyiduna” when sending Sal?t on the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) such as to say: “All?h humma Sall? ‘Al? Sayyidin? Muhammad” or “‘Al? Sayyidil khalq” [the master of the creation] or should one only say: “Allahumma Sall? ‘Al? Muhammad”? which one is better??

The answer: ‘Indeed following the affirmed wording of [any] Thikr is better. Some falsely raised that the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) abandoned this word out of his humbleness, but muslims should say it. Were this hypothesis true, the Sah?bah and T?bi’?n would have said it and nothing of such a thing was affirmed though many of them reported the Tashahhud. And also pay heed to the great eminent ‘?lim Ash-Sh?fi’i’s statement with which he commenced his book -to which all his followers adhere- he said: ‘All?humma Sall? ‘Al? Muhammad’. (1)

* Important Notes:

It is worth mentioning here the following points:

[3/ 22] The first:

The h?d?th that states: “L? Tusayyid?n? F? As-Sal?t” [i.e. Never say “Master” in your Sal?t] is a forged one, even the word “Tusayyid?n?” is linguistically incorrect; the proper derivation of the word should be “Tusawwid?n?” [i.e. call me master]. This had?th is a forged one that has no basis whatsoever (2) regarding