Is there a basis in the Shari'ah for concluding gatherings with the supplication: (O Allah, grant us from Your fear that which You place between us and our disobedience...)?
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The questioner : There is also a question that follows from this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Heh.
The questioner : That is whether concluding the gathering with supplication is a recommended practice. A hadith was also reported, which you authenticated and which many scholars of knowledge authenticated, including al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak and others, narrated by al-Nasa'i and others from the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), in which he said:Mishkat al-Masabih 2492 Is the hadith about concluding gatherings with supplication, or does this hadith indicate that there is a basis in the Shari'ah for concluding gatherings with supplication, whether with this specific supplication or another?
The Shaykh : ...
The questioner : And should this not be considered a recommended practice that should be kept alive?
The Shaykh : It is so, and among that is concluding the gathering with supplication. Concluding the gathering "Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika", is that not so?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : But do you raise the hands?
The questioner : A question.
The Shaykh : Do you raise the hands?
The questioner : No, the hands are not raised except with an explicit text.
The Shaykh : So you are on the pulpit, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Especially in the Department of the Sunnah, where a group associated with them in teaching, perhaps reaching three thousand, four thousand, or even more, are present.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, if you could meet with them, that would be good. I think they are thirty-eight members in the Department of the Sunnah at the College of Principles of Jurisprudence, and we count them, and Allah is their accountant, especially since most of them are among the righteous, even though there is some impurity in some of them.
The Shaykh : Here in Riyadh.
The questioner : Yes, at Imam University.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve them.
The questioner : By Allah, if you were to reward us with good, we would consider either returning a second time or postponing the trip.
The Shaykh : As for this, there is no way to it. As for another time, make the way to it easy for us.
The questioner : We will help and support.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what we want, but for now, there is no way to it.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills, perhaps it will be in this place, or in a place other than this.
The Shaykh : Good, you see.
The Shaykh : Heh.
The questioner : That is whether concluding the gathering with supplication is a recommended practice. A hadith was also reported, which you authenticated and which many scholars of knowledge authenticated, including al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak and others, narrated by al-Nasa'i and others from the hadith of 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), in which he said:
God’s messenger seldom got up to leave an assembly without using these supplications for his companions: “O God, apportion to us such fear of Thee as will come between us and acts of disobedience to Thee
قلما كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقوم من مجلس حتى يدعو لأصحابه بهؤلاء الدعوات اللهم اقسم لنا من خشيتك ما تحول به بيننا وبين معاصيكThe Shaykh : ...
The questioner : And should this not be considered a recommended practice that should be kept alive?
The Shaykh : It is so, and among that is concluding the gathering with supplication. Concluding the gathering "Subhanak Allahumma wa bihamdika", is that not so?
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : But do you raise the hands?
The questioner : A question.
The Shaykh : Do you raise the hands?
The questioner : No, the hands are not raised except with an explicit text.
The Shaykh : So you are on the pulpit, if Allah wills.
The questioner : Especially in the Department of the Sunnah, where a group associated with them in teaching, perhaps reaching three thousand, four thousand, or even more, are present.
The Shaykh : What Allah willed.
The questioner : By Allah, O Shaykh, if you could meet with them, that would be good. I think they are thirty-eight members in the Department of the Sunnah at the College of Principles of Jurisprudence, and we count them, and Allah is their accountant, especially since most of them are among the righteous, even though there is some impurity in some of them.
The Shaykh : Here in Riyadh.
The questioner : Yes, at Imam University.
The Shaykh : May Allah preserve them.
The questioner : By Allah, if you were to reward us with good, we would consider either returning a second time or postponing the trip.
The Shaykh : As for this, there is no way to it. As for another time, make the way to it easy for us.
The questioner : We will help and support.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is what we want, but for now, there is no way to it.
The questioner : Good, if Allah wills, perhaps it will be in this place, or in a place other than this.
The Shaykh : Good, you see.