Reciting “Inna Allaha wa mala’ikatahu yusalluna ‘ala al-nabiyy” at the end of the supplication

Question

In our time, after the ‘Asr prayer and after [the prayer of] Fajr, having recited the customary supplication, people say the word “al-Fatiha” and recite the blessed verse: [ar]إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتَهُۥ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى ٱلنَّبِىِّ[/ar] “Indeed, Allah and His angels send blessings upon the Prophet…” (Surah al-Ahzab, 33:56), after which all the muqtadis and the imam recite salawat and thus conclude the supplication. (1)

Answer

(1) I have not seen in the books of fiqh any proof of this particular supplication in the time of the centuries whose goodness has been attested, or in the time of the mujtahid imams. (2) By virtue of this verse, reciting salawat once in a lifetime is fard: [ar]وَقَوْلُهُ: يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ، قَدْ تَضَمَّنَ الْأَمْرَ بِالصَّلَاةِ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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