Is the reported order of blessings on Ibrāhīm and Muḥammad established?
2026-10-14
T174 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Original Q&A · Complete individual question and response within a collected question
One complete individual question and response from a collected question about reports circulated by storytellers and others. The quoted report in the question is presented for assessment, not endorsed. The answer gives Ibn Taymiyyah's own assessment.
النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ومما يروون عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم، أنه قال: "إذا ذكر إبراهيم وذكرت أنا فصلوا عليه، ثم صلوا على، وإذا ذكرت أنا والأنبياء غيره فصلوا على ثم صلوا عليهم".
الجواب
الحمد لله، هذا لا يعرف من كتب أهل العلم ولا عن أحد من العلماء المعروفين بالحديث.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
Among the reports they attribute to him, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is that he said: “When Ibrāhīm is mentioned and I am mentioned, invoke blessings upon him and then invoke blessings upon me. When I am mentioned and prophets other than him are mentioned, invoke blessings upon me and then upon them.”
Answer
Praise be to Allah. This is not known from the books of the people of knowledge, nor from any scholar known for knowledge of hadith.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/380
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic collated with the cited edition and a second transcription: https://quranislam.github.io/fatwa/ibn-taymiyyah/fatwa291.html. Each individual report and its full reply is preserved within the larger collected question. Diacritics omitted and honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.