The Ruling on the Prayer of Need

The questioner : Honorable Shaykh, may I ask you, is there a specific supplication that a person recites in the prayer of need?

The Shaykh : The prayer of need is not authentic. Yes, I say the prayer of need is not authentic.

The questioner : It is not authentic. All right.

The Shaykh : Do you perform it? Yes. Do you not perform the prayer of need? Yes. There is no prayer of need.

The questioner : We do not perform it. All right, and if I want something, I ask Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He?

The Shaykh : Ask Him while you are in prostration.

The questioner : And while I am in prostration, I do not pray two units of voluntary prayer and then supplicate to Him after them.

The Shaykh : No, look, may Allah bless you.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : I say, when you prostrate in the prayer, supplicate to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, with whatever you wish.

The questioner : All right, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Did you understand or not?

The questioner : Yes, I understood.

The Shaykh : But do not pray two units specifically.

The questioner : As a reminder.

The Shaykh : The prostration.

The questioner : Yes, may Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : Ryan.