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(2) Type ‘Alt + x’ (Hold on to ‘Alt’ key and press ‘x’ key). (Hold on to ‘Alt’ key and press ‘x’ key.) As soon as you type ‘Alt+x”, ‘FDFA’ is converted to ﷺīelow table gives Unicode Values of common Arabic Words/Phrases: To type ﷺ in MS Word or any MS office Document: Without going into too much of technical details, here’s an elegant solution to typing ﷺ in a MS word or any MS Office documents. In order to reduce the length of the code, hexadecimal system is used instead of decimal system. Whether it is English or French or Arabic, every character that can be typed, is assigned a Unicode. Formally, ‘Unicode’ is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world’s writing systems.
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In computers, every character is assigned a unique code called ‘Unicode’. I did some research on this and found that, there is indeed an elegant and easy solution. So, this demands a question, how should a Muslim get over the challenge of writing ‘صلى الله عليه وسلم’ in Arabic font and not commit any sin by using abbreviations? Is there a solution to it?
I pray to Allah for forgive me for my sins. I must accept that, I have also committed this sin of writing abbreviation. Several Fatwas (orders based on Islamic laws) have given against usage of abbreviations instead of writing صلى الله عليه وسلم. Several Islamic scholars have severely criticized such abbreviation.
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In recent times, as an act of laziness, Muslims have started using the abbreviation ‘PBUH’ for ‘Peace be Upon Him’. Yet, many of the Muslims, continue to use the phrase ‘Peace be upon Him’ for Prophet Mohammed (صلى الله عليه وسلم) too. Muslims are obligated to say ‘ عليه السلام ’ for archangels and Prophets of Islam except Prophet Mohammed (صلى الله عليه وسلم). However, some people, in order to save some time and energy, have further reduced the phrase to ‘Peace be upon Him’. To overcome this challenge, it became a commonly accepted practice among Muslims to write the English translation of ‘صلى الله عليه وسلم, that is ‘May Allah honor him and grant him peace’. As you can see, it’s not easy to type the phrase in Arabic, especially when you are working on an English keyboard. While Muslims do say ‘Sall Allāhu ʿalay-hi wa-sallam’ when they hear the name of Holy Prophet Mohammed ( صلى الله عليه وسلم ), but when the name is being written in MSWord or Outlook, they face with challenge of writing the phrase in Arabic font. The phrase ‘Sall Allāhu ʿalay-hi wa-sallam’ means ‘May Allah honor him and grant him peace’. In Holy Quran, Allah says “ Indeed Allah and His angels send blessings on the Prophet O People who believe! Send blessings and abundant salutations upon him” – (Chapter 33, Verse 56). All Muslims are obligated to say ‘Sall Allāhu ʿalay-hi wa-sallam’, whenever they hear or write the name of Holy Prophet Mohammed صلى الله عليه وسلم As you have noticed, in the previous sentence I wrote ‘Sall Allāhu ʿalay-hi wa-sallam’ in Arabic after the name of the Holy Prophet.