The Shaykh al-Islam stated that the meaning of "after the prayer" is its end; does this not conflict with the hadith: "Whoever glorifies Allah thirty-three times after every prayer, and..."

The questioner : May Allah reward you. The Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah stated that the meaning of "after the prayer" is its end, meaning: before the taslim. Does this not conflict with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): ?

The Shaykh : There is no conflict. The Shaykh al-Islam says: "After the prayer" means its end if it is in supplication, but if it is in glorification (tasbih), it is after it. He has evidence for this. As for the first, which is that if it is supplication, it is before the taslim, its evidence is: When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught Abdullah ibn Mas'ud the tashahhud, he said: This indicates that supplication is before the taslim.
As for when it is dhikr (remembrance), its evidence is: The intended meaning is after the taslim, as Allah the Exalted said: . So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed supplication before the taslim, and the Noble Qur'an placed dhikr after the taslim, and this is clear.
As for the matter of reasoning, we say to the one who supplicates after he has said the taslim: Which is more appropriate: that you supplicate to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) while you are in a state of supplication that is close to being answered, because you are conversing with Allah (Mighty and Majestic), or that you supplicate to Allah after the separation?
The first is more appropriate. So the words of the Shaykh al-Islam (may Allah have mercy on him) are the stronger position from two aspects:
From the aspect of the text and from the aspect of the meaning.
And based on this, the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to Mu'adh ibn Jabal: is intended to mean before the taslim; it is intended to mean what is before the taslim.