To recite Durood before and after Adhan

1. Some people say that it is Bid'ah (innovation) to read the Durood
Shareef before and afterthe Azaan.
2. The Ahle Sunnah Wal Jama'at believes that it ispermissible to
recite the Durood Shareef before and after the Azaan. Thisis a current
practice in many of the Arab countries.
3. The following Quranic verse commands us to send Durood and
Salaamupon the Holy Prophet (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) and no
specified time has been set aside for this. Allah Ta'ala says: "O ye
who Believe! Send Durood and Salaams upon him in abundance." (Part 22,
Ruku 4)
4. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said that
when we hear the voice of the Mu'azzin, we should repeat whatever he
has said and then send Durood Shareef upon him. He said that the
person whosends one Durood upon him, Allah Ta'ala will send ten
mercies upon that person. (Sahih Muslim, Al-Qaulul Badi) In this
Hadith Shareef, proof is found here that the Holy Prophet (sallal
laahu alaihi wasallam) asked us to recite the Durood Shareef after
theAzaan.
5. The Holy Prophet Muhammad (sallal laahu alaihi wasallam) said:
"If,when performing any good deed you do not commence with the praise
of Allah and send Durood upon me, then that deed is empty of
blessings." (Al Jaame Sagheer) Which Muslim is there who does not
consider the Azaan to bea good deed?
6. In fact it was Salahud'deen Ayubi (radi Allahu anhu) who gave the
command of Durood Shareef to be recited before and after the Azaan.
Hazrat Salahud'deen Ayubi (radi Allahu anhu) was a very great and
pious King who liberated the Baitul Muqaddas. Great Muhaqiqeen and
Muhaditheen made Du'as for him.
7. Hazrat Qaazi Iyaz (radi Allahu anhu) said that it is permissible to
read Durood Shareef at the time of Azaan. He says,"And from among the
occassions on which Durood should be sent, one of them is at the time
of remembering him (Prophet Muhammad sallal laahu alaihi wasallam),
when taking or writing his blessed name or at the time of Azaan."
(Shifa Shareef)
8. Hazrat Mulla Ali Qaari (radi Allahu anhu) in his book "Fathul
Mueen" says that Durood should not only be recited before Azaan, but
also before the Iqaamah.
9. Sheikh Kabeer Bakari (radi Allahu anhu) has stated that it is
desirableto recite Salaatus Salaambefore the Azaan and the Iqaamah.
10. Thus, to recite Durood Shareef before and after the Azaan is
totally permissible and those who follow this are the Ahle Sunnah Wal
Jama'at.