Concluding lessons with supplication and raising the hands, and the etiquettes of supplication
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I attended one of the scholarly lessons, and when the lesson ended, the reciter began with supplication at the end of the lesson. After the lesson, I asked him about this action, and he said that it was the custom of the Salaf to conclude their gatherings with supplication, and that al-Hasan al-Basri used to raise his hands and supplicate when his gatherings ended. So I ask you to clarify this issue?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; this is a good thing. Supplication is prescribed, and concluding gatherings with it, especially in the gatherings of the people of knowledge and in the mosques, is a good thing. And especially in this time, Muslims are in need of supplication and seeking aid from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) through the Muslims. There is no blame in that, if Allah wills. But the one who supplicates must come with the prescribed supplications, and not mention new supplications in which he exerts his own effort, or supplicate against people, against a Muslim who has committed a sin, or against the rulers who have committed a transgression, supplicating against them for destruction. Rather, he supplicates for them for guidance, that Allah will guide them and that Allah will direct them to the truth. Some people say, "O Allah, congeal the blood in the veins of so-and-so, O Allah, orphan their children." O Allah, this is not permissible. So this is transgression in supplication, and this supplication is directed by him at a Muslim whom he claims is a creator and a sinner. Do you supplicate this supplication against him?
This is transgression. Supplicate to Allah for him for guidance, especially if he is from the rulers. Supplicate to Allah for him for guidance and success. Imam Ahmad, regarding what he encountered from the people for his slave, said to him, "I have an accepted supplication, and I have directed it to the ruler."
So this is knowledge and jurisprudence and advice, because if the ruler is righteous, Allah will rectify the people through him. So if you supplicate for him and Allah accepts your supplication, you benefit the entire people. And it is necessary that the jurisprudence of supplication be present; the one who supplicates should be a jurist.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Honorable Shaykh, I attended one of the scholarly lessons, and when the lesson ended, the reciter began with supplication at the end of the lesson. After the lesson, I asked him about this action, and he said that it was the custom of the Salaf to conclude their gatherings with supplication, and that al-Hasan al-Basri used to raise his hands and supplicate when his gatherings ended. So I ask you to clarify this issue?
Answer:
There is nothing wrong with it; this is a good thing. Supplication is prescribed, and concluding gatherings with it, especially in the gatherings of the people of knowledge and in the mosques, is a good thing. And especially in this time, Muslims are in need of supplication and seeking aid from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) through the Muslims. There is no blame in that, if Allah wills. But the one who supplicates must come with the prescribed supplications, and not mention new supplications in which he exerts his own effort, or supplicate against people, against a Muslim who has committed a sin, or against the rulers who have committed a transgression, supplicating against them for destruction. Rather, he supplicates for them for guidance, that Allah will guide them and that Allah will direct them to the truth. Some people say, "O Allah, congeal the blood in the veins of so-and-so, O Allah, orphan their children." O Allah, this is not permissible. So this is transgression in supplication, and this supplication is directed by him at a Muslim whom he claims is a creator and a sinner. Do you supplicate this supplication against him?
This is transgression. Supplicate to Allah for him for guidance, especially if he is from the rulers. Supplicate to Allah for him for guidance and success. Imam Ahmad, regarding what he encountered from the people for his slave, said to him, "I have an accepted supplication, and I have directed it to the ruler."
So this is knowledge and jurisprudence and advice, because if the ruler is righteous, Allah will rectify the people through him. So if you supplicate for him and Allah accepts your supplication, you benefit the entire people. And it is necessary that the jurisprudence of supplication be present; the one who supplicates should be a jurist.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
شرح الكافية الشافية في الانتصار للفرقة الناجية [ القصيدة النونية ] [ صالح الفوزان ]، بداية من قوله : وكذاك زندقة العباد أساسها التعطيل يشهد ذا أولو العرفان — islamhouse.com (52:52)
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