The supplication for completing the Qur'an on the last night of Ramadan: Is it reported from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or from the righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them)?
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The questioner : The question is about the supplication for completing the Qur'an on the last night of Ramadan: Is it reported from the noble Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) or from the righteous Salaf (may Allah be pleased with them)?
The Shaykh : The completion (khatmah) for which supplication is made at the end of Ramadan has no basis in the Sunnah of the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him), nor from his Rightly Guided Caliphs, nor from any of the Companions. I do not know, up to this moment, that it was reported from them that they used to make this kind of supplication in the prayer.
Yes, it is reported from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he completed the Qur'an, he would gather his family and make supplication. This was outside of the prayer. Not everything that is prescribed outside of the prayer is prescribed inside it, because the prayer is defined in its actions and defined in its remembrances.
However, some scholars of knowledge held that this can be analogized to what was reported from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), and that it is supplication and good, and that the prayer is a place for supplication and good. Even though the places for supplication in it are known, such as prostration, sitting between the two prostrations, the tashahhud, and standing after bowing, they held that it is recommended to make supplication at the completion of the Qur'an, even if it is in the prayer.
But what I see is that it is not recommended, because recommendation is a legal ruling that requires evidence, and the original ruling in acts of worship is prohibition and prevention until evidence is established for their prescription.
But if you are behind an imam who holds that it is recommended and he makes supplication after the completion of the Qur'an, you should not leave the prayer or abandon praying with him from the beginning for the sake of this completion.
Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) explicitly stated that if a person follows an imam who makes qunut in the Fajr prayer, he should follow the imam and say "Ameen" to his supplication, even though Imam Ahmad does not hold that qunut in the Fajr prayer is recommended. But all of this is for the sake of unity and avoiding division, and it is a good view from Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). So what I see is that a person should not do it, but if he follows someone who does it, let him follow him and say "Ameen" to his supplication, with this intention, meaning the intention of unity and avoiding division. He will be rewarded, if Allah wills.
The Shaykh : The completion (khatmah) for which supplication is made at the end of Ramadan has no basis in the Sunnah of the Messenger (may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him), nor from his Rightly Guided Caliphs, nor from any of the Companions. I do not know, up to this moment, that it was reported from them that they used to make this kind of supplication in the prayer.
Yes, it is reported from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when he completed the Qur'an, he would gather his family and make supplication. This was outside of the prayer. Not everything that is prescribed outside of the prayer is prescribed inside it, because the prayer is defined in its actions and defined in its remembrances.
However, some scholars of knowledge held that this can be analogized to what was reported from Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), and that it is supplication and good, and that the prayer is a place for supplication and good. Even though the places for supplication in it are known, such as prostration, sitting between the two prostrations, the tashahhud, and standing after bowing, they held that it is recommended to make supplication at the completion of the Qur'an, even if it is in the prayer.
But what I see is that it is not recommended, because recommendation is a legal ruling that requires evidence, and the original ruling in acts of worship is prohibition and prevention until evidence is established for their prescription.
But if you are behind an imam who holds that it is recommended and he makes supplication after the completion of the Qur'an, you should not leave the prayer or abandon praying with him from the beginning for the sake of this completion.
Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) explicitly stated that if a person follows an imam who makes qunut in the Fajr prayer, he should follow the imam and say "Ameen" to his supplication, even though Imam Ahmad does not hold that qunut in the Fajr prayer is recommended. But all of this is for the sake of unity and avoiding division, and it is a good view from Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). So what I see is that a person should not do it, but if he follows someone who does it, let him follow him and say "Ameen" to his supplication, with this intention, meaning the intention of unity and avoiding division. He will be rewarded, if Allah wills.