[R@ntau-Net] Menyingkat salam

[Ahmad Ridha]

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, 

Assalamu 'alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, 

Menyingkat shalawat dan salam kepada Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wassalam 
serta salam kepada saudara seiman telah menjadi kebiasaan banyak muslim 
terutama ketika menulis e-mail atau pun sms. Terkadang singkatannya memiliki 
makna lain yang begitu jauh. Berikut ini saya kutipkan nasihat berkenaan 
penyingkatan tersebut yang diambil dari: 

http://fatwa-online.com/fataawa/miscellaneous/enjoiningthegood/0020919.htm
http://www.bakkah.net/interactive/q&a/aawa004.htm 

Keterangan lainnya dapat dilihat di: 

http://www.bakkah.net/articles/SAWS.htm 

Semoga bermanfaat. 

Ahmad Ridha ibn Zainal Arifin ibn Muhammad Hamim
(l. 1980 M/1400 H)
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Abbreviating (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) to (S) or (SAW) or the like 

Question: Is it permissible to write the letter (S) [Saad] instead of 
(writing) ((sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam)), and why? 

Response: The Sunnah is to write the entire phrase ((sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa 
sallam)) - since it is a supplication; And the supplication is a (form of) 
worship, such as verbally saying it (the phrase), and the abbreviation for 
it using the letter (S) [Saad] or (SAW) [Saad 'Ayn Waaw] (or (SAAW) or the 
like) is not (constitute) a supplication, and nor a (form of) worship, 
whether it be by speech or writing. And because of this, this abbreviation 
was not used by those of the first three generations about whom the Prophet 
(sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) bore witness to their excellence. 

And with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and salutations 
upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu `alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his 
companions. 

The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa, comprising -
Head: Shaykh 'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz;
Member: Shaykh 'Abdur-Razzaaq 'Afeefee;
Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah Ibn Ghudayyaan;
Member: Shaykh 'Abdullaah Ibn Qu'ood
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa., - Volume 
12, Page 208, Question 3 of Fatwa No.5069 

http://fatwa-online.com/fataawa/miscellaneous/enjoiningthegood/0020919.htm 

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QUESTION 

Some people write an abbreviated version of the salaams, which is similar to 
"seen-raa'-baa'" in 'Arabic. They write "ws wr wb" in English. What is the 
ruling on this? 

ANSWER by Shaykh Wasee Allaah 'Abbaas, lecturer at the Ka'bah, instructor at 
Umm Al-Quraa University in Makkah 

It is not permissible to abbreviate the salaams in general in one's writing, 
just as it is not permissible to abbreviate the salaah and salaam on the 
Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam). 

It is also not permissible to abbreviate either of these in one's speech. 

SOURCE 

This was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a handwritten answer 
provided by the shaykh, file no. AAWA004, dated 1423/6/24. 

http://www.bakkah.net/interactive/q&a/aawa004.htm 

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