durood

Durood or Darood Shareef (from drōd) or Salawat or aṣ-ṣalātu ʿala -n-nabī (from ) is an invocation which Muslims make by saying specific phrases to compliment the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The Islamic view is to say durood whenever a Muslim reads, speaks, or hears the name of Muhammad. Durood, a kind of prayer mentioned in hadith, as well as in the Qur'an, are recited in the form of Wazifa.