What is the ruling on raising one's voice in supplication immediately after the prayer, at the end of the Friday sermon, and at the end or beginning of a gathering, especially if it is a gathering of knowledge?

The questioner : Here is a question: What is the ruling on raising one's voice in supplication immediately after the prayer, at the end of the Friday sermon, and at the end or beginning of a gathering, especially if it is a gathering of knowledge? May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh : The Shaykh: The answer: Supplication immediately after the prayer is a compounded religious innovation; because supplication after the prayer in the manner practiced today is contrary to the Sunnah, so if raising one's voice is combined with it, it is "a load of straw on a camel's load," as they say. As for the Friday sermon, there is no difference between the second sermon and the first; it is for admonition, guidance, and teaching people what they need at that time. Restricting the second sermon to supplication—as the majority of preachers do today—is among the matters that contradict the Sunnah. As for supplication at the end of a gathering, there are some authentic hadiths that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes conclude a gathering with a long supplication... and sometimes with his saying: .