Is supplication prescribed after the prayer, and likewise raising the hands in it?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. Supplication after the prayer.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Raising the hands in supplication after the prayer.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Raising the hands in supplication after the prayer.
The Shaykh : You tell me: Is supplication after the prayer prescribed or not, regardless of whether the hands are raised or not?
Supplication after the prayer is not prescribed, neither for the obligatory prayer nor the voluntary one. Listen, for Allah the Exalted said regarding the obligatory prayer:[An-Nisa 4:103], and regarding supplication in general, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said when mentioning the tashahhud: Sahih Ibn Hibban 10:238. This is from the perspective of evidence, and from the perspective of reasoning, that it is not appropriate that when you turn away from Allah Mighty and Majestic and are released from your prayer, you go and make supplication, while leaving supplication for the state when you are before Allah Mighty and Majestic. Do you understand?
As for what some people among us have become accustomed to, unfortunately, they make it like the obligatory prayer; after the taslim of the voluntary prayer, they raise their hands. And some of the brothers coming from other countries make it like the obligatory prayer, supplicating after the obligatory prayer. All of this has no basis.
Someone might say: Does the Messenger not say, after the completion, after the taslim, "I seek forgiveness from Allah" three times, and is that not supplication?
We say: Yes, he used to say this, but this is a specific supplication for the prayer, because this seeking of forgiveness is intended to seek forgiveness for any deficiency that occurred in the prayer; it is not an absolute supplication, so it is attached to the prayer.
If someone says: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not advise Mu'adh to say after every obligatory prayer:Sunan Abi Dawud 1522Sahih (Al-Albani)?
We say: Yes, but "after the prayer" means at its end. Therefore, it should be that you make your last supplication in the tashahhud:Sunan Abi Dawud 1522Sahih (Al-Albani). And it has been reported in some narrations: Sunan an-Nasa'i 1303Sahih (Darussalam) in the state of being after the prayer. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Raising the hands in supplication after the prayer.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : Raising the hands in supplication after the prayer.
The Shaykh : You tell me: Is supplication after the prayer prescribed or not, regardless of whether the hands are raised or not?
Supplication after the prayer is not prescribed, neither for the obligatory prayer nor the voluntary one. Listen, for Allah the Exalted said regarding the obligatory prayer:
And when you have completed the prayer, remember Allah standing, sitting
فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُمُ الصَّلَاةَ فَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًاThen let him choose whatever he wishes from supplication.
ثم ليتخير من الدعاء ما شاءAs for what some people among us have become accustomed to, unfortunately, they make it like the obligatory prayer; after the taslim of the voluntary prayer, they raise their hands. And some of the brothers coming from other countries make it like the obligatory prayer, supplicating after the obligatory prayer. All of this has no basis.
Someone might say: Does the Messenger not say, after the completion, after the taslim, "I seek forgiveness from Allah" three times, and is that not supplication?
We say: Yes, he used to say this, but this is a specific supplication for the prayer, because this seeking of forgiveness is intended to seek forgiveness for any deficiency that occurred in the prayer; it is not an absolute supplication, so it is attached to the prayer.
If someone says: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) not advise Mu'adh to say after every obligatory prayer:
O Allah, help me in remembering You
اللهم أعني على ذكركWe say: Yes, but "after the prayer" means at its end. Therefore, it should be that you make your last supplication in the tashahhud: