Writing Blessings Upon The Prophet

Writing Blessings Upon The Prophet – صلى الله عليه وسلم

Khatib al-Baghdadi wrote 1,000 years ago:

رَأَيْتُ بِخَطِّ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ فِي عِدَّةِ أَحَادِيثَ اسْمَ النَّبِيِّ، وَلَمْ يَكْتُبِ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ
وَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُصَلِّي عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نُطْقًا لَا خَطًّا
وَقَدْ خَالَفَهُ غَيْرُهُ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ الْمُتَقَدِّمِينَ فِي ذَلِكَ

“I saw in the handwriting of Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal many ahadith in which the Prophet was mentioned, and he would not write [[‘sall Allahu ‘alayhi wa sallam’]] after his name.
I was informed that he used to invoke peace and blessings upon the Prophet by his tongue and not in writing.
Other early scholars opposed him on this.”

[“Al-Jami’ li-Akhlaq ar-Rawi”, 1/271].

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So it is GOOD if someone does this in writing.

However, it is also FINE if someone does not write it – but simply says it.

It does not mean that they are being disrespectful.