What is the ruling on raising the hands in supplication after the obligatory prayer?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, Shaykh: Some people raise their hands after the supplication in the obligatory prayer. What is your opinion?
The Shaykh : Yes, supplication after the prayer is not a recommended practice (sunnah) because Allah the Exalted said: except in one case, which is the prayer for guidance in a decision (istikharah), because regarding the prayer for guidance in a decision (istikharah), the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22:278 So he made the supplication after the two units of prayer. As for the other prayers, it is not from the recommended practice (sunnah) to supplicate, whether one raises his hands or not, and whether it is in the obligatory prayer or the voluntary prayer, because Allah commanded His remembrance after the completion of the prayer, so He said, Glorified and Exalted is He: And He said in Surat al-Jumu'ah: [Al-Jumu'ah 62:10] And it is said to a person: If you want to ask Allah for something, then supplicate to Allah before you conclude the prayer, for two reasons. The first reason is that this is what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) commanded, so he said in the tashahhud when he finished: .
And secondly: If you are in the prayer, you are conversing with your Lord, and when you conclude the prayer, the conversation ends. So is it better to ask Allah while you are conversing with Him, or after you have turned away from the conversation? The answer is: the first, you supplicate to Allah while you are conversing with your Lord.
And as for the prayer of the one who says after completing the prayer, "I seek forgiveness from Allah" three times, this is supplication, but it is connected to the prayer, because a person seeking forgiveness three times after finishing the prayer is a patching up of the defects that occurred in the prayer, so it is actually part of completing the prayer. Yes.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, they cite the hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) [prayed] the dawn prayer. The meaning of the hadith is that after the dhikr of the prayer, he turned to the believers and raised his hands.
The Shaykh : The hadith is not authentic; this is not authentic.
The questioner : Is it not reported?
The Shaykh : No, it is not reported. If it is reported, it is weak.
The Shaykh : Yes, supplication after the prayer is not a recommended practice (sunnah) because Allah the Exalted said:
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah
فإذا قضيتم الصلاة فاذكروا اللهWhen one of you intends to do something, let him pray two units of prayer and then supplicate
إذا هم أحدكم بأمر فليصل ركعتين ثم ليدعوAnd when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah
فإذا قضيتم الصلاة فاذكروا اللهAnd when the prayer has been concluded, disperse within the land and seek from the bounty of Allah
فإذا قضيت الصلاة فانتشروا في الأرض وابتغوا من فضل اللهSo let him choose from the supplications whatever he wishes
فليتخير من الدعاء ما شاءAnd secondly: If you are in the prayer, you are conversing with your Lord, and when you conclude the prayer, the conversation ends. So is it better to ask Allah while you are conversing with Him, or after you have turned away from the conversation? The answer is: the first, you supplicate to Allah while you are conversing with your Lord.
And as for the prayer of the one who says after completing the prayer, "I seek forgiveness from Allah" three times, this is supplication, but it is connected to the prayer, because a person seeking forgiveness three times after finishing the prayer is a patching up of the defects that occurred in the prayer, so it is actually part of completing the prayer. Yes.
The questioner : Okay, Shaykh, they cite the hadith that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) [prayed] the dawn prayer. The meaning of the hadith is that after the dhikr of the prayer, he turned to the believers and raised his hands.
The Shaykh : The hadith is not authentic; this is not authentic.
The questioner : Is it not reported?
The Shaykh : No, it is not reported. If it is reported, it is weak.