ይልቅዬም በሕይወት እያሉ ነቢዩ ሙሐመድ   ቢላኩ እንዲያምኑባቸውና እንዲደግፉአቸው፣ይህንኑም ለሕዝቦቻቸው እንዲያሳውቁ አላህ (ሱ.
Since God has permitted the Prophet (may God bless him and his Descendants) to intercede and has approved of his intercession (shafa'at), the believer should, at the beginning and at the end of supplication, grasp his Majesty by the skirt (i.e. appeal to him) and utter the "formula of God's blessing upon the prophet" (salawat).