Today, it is seen that when people sing these words, they believe that the Prophet (SA) hears them and he visits their gatherings. (This is also the teaching to all Muslims when they visit the blessed grave of the Prophet (SA) ).įrom this explaination, it is evident that the Sahabahs (companion of the Prophet (SA) ) and those after them from the pious generations of Muslims (the Tabieen and Atba’ut Tabe’een ) did not practice and bring about the singing of ‘Ya Nabi Salaam Alaika’. Instead, only when they visited his blessed grave, they will face his grave, and convey Salaams directly to him saying, ‘As Salaam Alaika Ayuhan nabiyya wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh’ ‘Peace be upon you, O Prophet, and the mercy and blessings of Allah’. When he (SA) passed away, they never used to say ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alaika’ (O Prophet peace be upon you ) or similar greetings to the Prophet (SA) since he was no longer in their presence where they would meet him.
This was the behaviour of the Sahabahs during the time when the Prophet (SA) was alive and lived amongst them. (Hayatus Sahabah – The lives of the Companions). Hearing this, the Prophet (SA) answered, ‘Wa Alaikum As Salaam! O Khubaib’, and said to the companions, ‘Khubaib has been martyred by the Quraish’. Upon this, Allah sent his Salaam to the Prophet (SA) through an angel. In this regard, it is narrated that when the companion, Khubaib (RA) was about to be martyred, and was tied to the gallows, he supplicated to Allah saying ‘O Allah! There is no one to convey my last Salaam to your Prophet (SA). If the Prophet (SA) was not with them, and they wished to convey salaams (greetings) to him, then they would not say ‘Pease be unto you O Prophet’, instead, they will supplicate to Allah to convey their Salaams to him. They greeted him in this manner only when he was with them. In other words, the Sahabahs (RA) did not say ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alaika’(O Prophet peace be unto you ) or any other similar phrase when he was not with them. It is for this reason, we find that it is not evident from any companion of the Prophet (SA) that he used the phrase ‘Ya Nabi Salam Alaika’ when he was not with the Prophet(SA). Besides these situations, no one will normally greet another person with ‘Salaams’ (greeting of peace) if they are not in the presence of another one, or they are not conversing with a person. It is simply a word of greeting which was given, and it is clearly understood and known to everyone that a greeting is normally given when you meet someone, and the person is in your presence, or you are physically having a conversation with a person. However they did not use such phrases to him (or about him) when he was not in their presence. This was uttered by the Sahabahs because of the fact that they would greet him whenever they met him. Due to the fact that it is a phrase which addresses the Prophet (SA) directly in giving salaams ( greetings) to him, the Sahabahs (RA) used words with similar meaning whenever they met him, and he was in their presence. The words Ya Nabi Salam Alaika means ‘O Prophet Peace be upon you’.
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