The claim that sending prayers on the Prophet in a certain way guarantees seeing him

A: Sending peace and blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) in the formula mentioned in the question is a baseless Bid‘ah (innovation in religion); there is no evidence for this in the Qur’an or the Sunnah (whatever is reported from the Prophet). It is obligatory for all Muslims to not do this. They should restrict themselves to narrations that are authentically reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) regarding how to send blessings on him. These are sufficient and in them lies all goodness, In sha’a-Allah (if Allah wills). An example of the way to send peace and blessings upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) is the Hadith reported by Muslim, Al-Bukhari, Ahmad, and Al-Nasa'y (may Allah be merciful to them all), on the authority of Abu Mas‘ud Al-Ansary (may Allah be pleased with him), who said, “The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) came to us while we were sitting in the company of Sa‘d ibn ‘Ubadah, when Bashir ibn Sa‘d said to him, ‘Allah (Exalted be He) commanded us to send blessings upon you, but how should we send blessings upon you?’ The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) fell silent until we wished he had not asked him. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, ‘Say: O Allah! Send Salah (Graces, Honors, Blessings, Mercy) upon Muhammad and upon the Family of Muhammad as You have sent Salah upon (Part No. 1; Page No. 172) Ibrahim (Abraham) and upon the Family of Ibrahim, and send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the Family of Muhammad as You have sent blessings upon Ibrahim (Abraham) and upon the Family of Ibrahim in the Worlds, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory! As for Salam (Islamic greeting of peace), it is as you have learned.’” Another example is the Hadith related in the Two Sahih (authentic) Books of Hadith (i.e. Al-Bukhari and Muslim) on the authority of Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who reported that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked about the way of sending peace and blessings on him, he answered, saying, “Say: O Allah! Send Salah (Graces, Honors, Blessings, Mercy) upon Muhammad and upon the Family of Muhammad as You have sent Salah upon Ibrahim (Abraham) and upon the Family of Ibrahim, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory. O Allah! Send blessings upon Muhammad and upon the Family of Muhammad as You have sent blessings upon Ibrahim (Abraham) and upon the Family of Ibrahim, You are indeed Worthy of Praise, Full of Glory.” May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.