You said that supplication after the obligatory prayer is an innovation, but a hadith was reported that supplication after prayer is not rejected. How is the answer?

The questioner : His EminenceThe Shaykh : You previously said that supplication and raising the hands after the prayer is an innovation, and that supplication after the obligatory prayer is not rejected. We ask you, may Allah reward you, to mention the times for supplication?

The Shaykh : Yes, we say that supplication after the obligatory or voluntary prayer is not prescribed, and it is better for your supplication to be before the closing salam. We mentioned the evidence for this previously. However, the questioner says that it was reported that supplication after prayer is not rejected. This was not reported from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Rather, it was narrated from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) that he was asked: "Which supplication is most heard?" He said: What are they? Are they those after the prayer, or are they the end of the prayer?
The scholars differed on this, and the correct view is that the meaning is the end of the prayer. The evidence for this is the narration of Ibn Mas'ud that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), when mentioning the tashahhud, said: This indicates that the "after" of the prayer, which is the place of supplication, is the end of the prayer, and what is before the taslim. Yes.