Another issue: regarding supplication after the prayer of need, and a benefit regarding the persistence in supplication and reciting the Qur'an.
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The questioner : In a second matter that just came to my mind.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : That there is a person who prays the prayer of need; after he says the closing salam, he makes the supplication of need and makes supplication.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is there a difference from the regular prayer? Because there is a specific supplication for the prayer of need; after he says the closing salam, he makes this supplication and makes supplication.
The Shaykh : There is no specific supplication for the prayer of need in an authentic hadith; there is no authentic hadith on this.
Another questioner : He means istikharah... so that it may be.
The Shaykh : I do not know, the prayer of istikharah; no, he is in the prayer of need.
Another questioner : A need... he does not perform istikharah, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, he does not perform it.
The questioner : It is not istikharah; it is the supplication of need.
The Shaykh : There is a hadith that exists—generally—in "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib": It is a long supplication, but it is not authentic from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); unlike the supplication of istikharah, which is authentic in "Sahih al-Bukhari".
Another questioner: Peace be upon you.
Those present: And upon you peace.
The Shaykh : Yes, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
And the supplication of istikharah is commanded after the salam; this is a specific command, yes.
The questioner : I, when I was silent—for example—I held my prayer beads and sat saying: O Allah, forgive my mother.
The Shaykh : Your prayer beads are here.
The questioner : O Allah, forgive my mother; I kept sitting all day, all day long, in a state of wudu, sitting and saying: O Allah, forgive my mother.
The Shaykh : There is no objection, but without counting a limited number; meaning, whatever is feasible, whatever your time allows, five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour, and so on.
The questioner : And al-Fatihah, is it the same?
The Shaykh : Whatever you recite, as we said earlier, whatever you recite from the Qur'an; al-Fatihah, al-Baqarah, whatever; the Muslim who recites the Qur'an gets ten good deeds for every letter, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, so he attains whatever Allah wills of these good deeds.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : That there is a person who prays the prayer of need; after he says the closing salam, he makes the supplication of need and makes supplication.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : Is there a difference from the regular prayer? Because there is a specific supplication for the prayer of need; after he says the closing salam, he makes this supplication and makes supplication.
The Shaykh : There is no specific supplication for the prayer of need in an authentic hadith; there is no authentic hadith on this.
Another questioner : He means istikharah... so that it may be.
The Shaykh : I do not know, the prayer of istikharah; no, he is in the prayer of need.
Another questioner : A need... he does not perform istikharah, meaning.
The Shaykh : No, he does not perform it.
The questioner : It is not istikharah; it is the supplication of need.
The Shaykh : There is a hadith that exists—generally—in "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib":
Whoever has a need of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), let him say such and such.
مَن كانت له حاجة إلى الله - عز وجل - فليقل كذا وكذاAnother questioner: Peace be upon you.
Those present: And upon you peace.
The Shaykh : Yes, and upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
And the supplication of istikharah is commanded after the salam; this is a specific command, yes.
The questioner : I, when I was silent—for example—I held my prayer beads and sat saying: O Allah, forgive my mother.
The Shaykh : Your prayer beads are here.
The questioner : O Allah, forgive my mother; I kept sitting all day, all day long, in a state of wudu, sitting and saying: O Allah, forgive my mother.
The Shaykh : There is no objection, but without counting a limited number; meaning, whatever is feasible, whatever your time allows, five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour, and so on.
The questioner : And al-Fatihah, is it the same?
The Shaykh : Whatever you recite, as we said earlier, whatever you recite from the Qur'an; al-Fatihah, al-Baqarah, whatever; the Muslim who recites the Qur'an gets ten good deeds for every letter, as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said, so he attains whatever Allah wills of these good deeds.
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