Seeking Forgiveness and Supplication After the Tasbih Following the Witr

Question:
This is a question in which the questioner says: When we finish saying "Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus" after the witr, is it prescribed to seek forgiveness after that, or not? And is it wrong to criticize someone who hears this in this specific place?

Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; he may make du'a or seek forgiveness, and there is no harm. The point of the Sunnah after the taslim from the main prayer is to say "Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus, Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus," and then he extends his prayer in the third rak'ah with "Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus, Rabb al-Mala'ikah wa al-Ruh." If he makes du'a with it, he says "O Allah, forgive me," or "O Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah," or "There is no power and no strength except with Allah," and there is no harm in that. But this is what is prescribed: this is what is prescribed after the taslim, "Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus, Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus, Subhan al-Malik al-Quddus," adding the surah al-Ma'idah once, three times after the taslim from the witr, from the last rak'ah.