Q:
1. If a person says, “Oh Allah, please take my salaam and message and esale thawaab to Nabi (sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam) and present it on a gold platter to him" and they proceed to say Bismillah and say Assalamualikum Ya Rasoolulah and say something like today I read this Hadith and explain and give the Hadith like a person is talking to him and then they read 3 times surah Ikhlaas and say Aameen. Is this permissible? If not, does it have any elements of shirk in it?
2. If a person has lost a loved one and they say to Allah, can you please take my message and esale thawaab to so and so and they proceed to say Bismillah and then they give a message like they talking to the person as if the person was there and then they read 3 times surah Ikhlaas and say Aameen. Is this permissible? If not, does a person get sin for this?
A:
1. This practice is not established in the sunnah. Hence, one should not send salaam to Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) in this way. The Sunnah practice is that when one is present at the mubaarak grave of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), then one will address Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) by saying "Assalaamu alayka ya Rasulallah" and when one is not present at the mubaarak grave of Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam), but is living in one's country and town, then one should recite durood and salaam upon Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) and the durood and salaam will be conveyed to Rasulullah (Sallallahu alaihi wasallam) via the angels.
2. This method of making dua is not established in the sunnah and is also discouraged.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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