SWT? SAWS? PBUH? 786?

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According to scholars, it is better to say, "Muhammad, salallahu alayhi was salam" and then you can say, "Peace be upon him."

Get the reward and avoid falling into the category of those who are mentioned to be cursed by the angel Jibril, on Judgment Day.

However, if someone only translates it as, "Muhammad, peace be upon him" this should be no problem and could still have rewards with Allah. 

But just typing four letters RBUH  letters PBUH , certainly does not show much respect on the part of the one who is too lazy to type the words.

Some knowedgeable Muslims have made efforts to always spell it out and make 

sure anyone whether Muslim or non-Muslim, knew what we were saying and what we mean, and how important it is for us to say this.

A non-Muslim who is reading a copy of an email comes across this statement, "The Prophet PBUH, said..."

Now they are going to think there is some prophet named PBUH and try to pronounce it - "Pebooh" or "PABU".

You can get the image of ﷺ (online) for when saying: ﷺ
(image: Peace Be Upon Him) to Install in your computer.

Now look at the long email names Muslims use, for example: 

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  (not real)

Someone has to  type each of those 28 characters exactly right, every time.

This is true of any other email they have to send to. You cannot miss a single letter or character, right?

Yet, when it comes to getting the reward for saying "salams" on the prophet, ﷺ or for exalting the Greatness of Allah subhannah wa Ta'allah, seems Muslims don't want the rewards.

It is worse, they don't have time to find out . . if it is HARAM.

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What about saying "SAWS" after the prophet's name?

Or when referring to him indirectly?

Actually, there is no such thing in Arabic as "SAWS".

Imagine someone writes, "When the prophet (SAWS) said...."

Now some may think there is a prophet named "saws".

I do not like it, but it is an abbreviation of "Salallahu Alayhim Wa Salam"

When Muslims are talking about Allah, The Exalted, The Majestic and Sublime and they just type, "ASWT".

This is the transliteration of "Allah Subhannah WaTa'ala" as "ASWT".

Some will type the word "Allah" and then put "SWT" as though this is better.

But a non-Muslim thinks you are talking about some new "god" named "Allah swat". Aouthubillah.

All of it is transliteration using English letters for the Arabic, and taking the first letter to represent the word. How crazy is this?

What about "786"? What is this? (Borrowed from the HINDUS) - It's 'Shirk'!

The numbers 7-8-6 as we see them being used today, come mostly from India and Pakistan. But now unfortunately, other Muslims have begun to use this term as well.

They claim it represents the "Bismillah Rahman Raheem". However, there is no real evidence for this from Islam or the Arabic and of course there is clear evidence the Hindus came up with this.

It could be something in Urdu, but even that was not done by earlier scholars. In fact, some of the real scholars from these areas have told us, Muslims must not do these things.

Bottom line - If you are too tired or busy to type out the words, maybe you should disconnect from the Internet and come back when you have more time.

At least enough time to type out your correct email address and the expressions related to our "God" (Allah Subhannah wa Ta'ala) Exalted and Majestic is He, and His Messenger (ﷺ) peace be upon him.

P.S. Many writers of aritcles on our websites have used these abbreviations, but it doesn't mean we like it, or endorse it.

May Allah Al Ghafur, Ar-Raheem (The Forgiver, The Merciful) Forgive us and grant ALL OF US MERCY FROM HIM, AMEEN!