Is it from the Sunnah to say "May Allah accept" after the prayer, and to reply "May Allah accept from us and from you"?
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is it from the Sunnah to say "May Allah accept" after the prayer, and to reply "May Allah accept from us and from you"? What is the ruling on this practice? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
I do not know of this being done after the prayers. I do not know of any revelation or report that Allah accepts it. I do not know of it being done in the time of the Salaf. However, if one says it occasionally, without making it a habit, it is an easy matter, provided he does not make it a habit every time he finishes the prayer. I do not know of it, and it has not reached me that the Salaf did that. It has not reached me that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or the Salaf did that. So leaving it is better. As for the great matter, which is making it a habit, saying it occasionally, "May Allah accept from us," there is no harm in that. May Allah make the acceptance of his prayer and fasting good. But making it a habit after every prayer, where everyone says it to the other, I do not know of any basis for it at all.
Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner asks: Is it from the Sunnah to say "May Allah accept" after the prayer, and to reply "May Allah accept from us and from you"? What is the ruling on this practice? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
I do not know of this being done after the prayers. I do not know of any revelation or report that Allah accepts it. I do not know of it being done in the time of the Salaf. However, if one says it occasionally, without making it a habit, it is an easy matter, provided he does not make it a habit every time he finishes the prayer. I do not know of it, and it has not reached me that the Salaf did that. It has not reached me that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or the Salaf did that. So leaving it is better. As for the great matter, which is making it a habit, saying it occasionally, "May Allah accept from us," there is no harm in that. May Allah make the acceptance of his prayer and fasting good. But making it a habit after every prayer, where everyone says it to the other, I do not know of any basis for it at all.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 419 هل من السنة قول تقبل الله بعد الصلاة، ورد تقبل الله منا ومنكم؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com
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