Is it prescribed to raise the hands in supplication after the prayer, and what are the occasions on which raising the hands is prescribed?
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The questioner : Is it prescribed to raise the hands in supplication after the prayer? And what are the occasions on which raising the hands is prescribed?
The Shaykh : Supplication after the prayer is not prescribed, whether one raises his hands or not, because that was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). What was reported from him in the obligatory prayer are the known dhikr (remembrances) that explain the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:103] Therefore, there is no supplication after the prayer, neither in the obligatory nor the voluntary. For this reason, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught his Ummah the tashahhud, he said: Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:238 Thus, he made the time between the tashahhud and the taslim a place for supplication with whatever a person wishes. So we say: It is not part of the Sunnah to supplicate after the prayer, whether raising the hands or not.
As for a person seeking forgiveness after the prayer, it is because it is attached to the prayer. It is known that when a person says the taslim from the obligatory prayer, he seeks forgiveness three times. However, it is said that this is attached to the prayer because it is not possible for anyone to say that he prayed a perfect prayer; there must be some deficiency, so he asks his Lord to forgive him.
The questioner : The questioner, S.M.J. from al-Dawasir, asks and says:
The Shaykh : Supplication after the prayer is not prescribed, whether one raises his hands or not, because that was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). What was reported from him in the obligatory prayer are the known dhikr (remembrances) that explain the general meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah standing, sitting, or [lying] on your sides
فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلاةَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَى جُنُوبِكُمْThen let him choose from the supplications whatever he wishes.
ثم ليتخيّر من الدعاء ما شاءAs for a person seeking forgiveness after the prayer, it is because it is attached to the prayer. It is known that when a person says the taslim from the obligatory prayer, he seeks forgiveness three times. However, it is said that this is attached to the prayer because it is not possible for anyone to say that he prayed a perfect prayer; there must be some deficiency, so he asks his Lord to forgive him.
The questioner : The questioner, S.M.J. from al-Dawasir, asks and says: