The Place of Supplication at the Completion of the Qur'an
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Q: What is the place of the supplication at the completion of the Qur'an? Is it before the bowing or after the bowing?
A: It is preferable for it to be after he has completed the two chapters of protection (al-Mu'awwidhatan). So when he has completed the Qur'an, he makes supplication, whether in the first rak'ah, the second, or the last. That is, after he has finished reciting the Qur'an, he begins to make supplication with whatever is easy for him, at any time during the prayer: in the first rak'ah, in the middle, or in the last rak'ah. There is nothing wrong with any of this. The important thing is that he makes supplication when reciting the end of the Qur'an. The Sunnah is not to prolong it, but to restrict oneself to comprehensive supplications in the qunut and in the supplication at the completion of the Qur'an.
It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made qunut before the bowing and made qunut after the bowing. The more common is that he made qunut after the bowing. The supplication at the completion of the Qur'an is of the same kind as the qunut in the witr prayer, because its cause is the completion of the recitation of the Qur'an. A thing is prescribed when its cause is present, just as qunut is prescribed when its cause is present, which is the last rak'ah after he bows and rises from the bowing, due to the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The cause of the supplication at the completion of the Qur'an is the end of the Qur'an, because it is a great blessing that Allah has bestowed upon the servant. It is the final and most complete of the books of Allah. From this blessing, he supplicates to Allah to benefit him with the guidance of His Book, to make him among its people, to help him in His remembrance and gratitude, and to rectify his heart and his deeds. This is because it follows a righteous deed, just as he supplicates at the end of the prayer with great supplications before he says the taslim, after Allah has bestowed upon him the completion and conclusion of the prayer. Likewise, in the witr, he supplicates in the qunut after concluding and completing the prayer.
A: It is preferable for it to be after he has completed the two chapters of protection (al-Mu'awwidhatan). So when he has completed the Qur'an, he makes supplication, whether in the first rak'ah, the second, or the last. That is, after he has finished reciting the Qur'an, he begins to make supplication with whatever is easy for him, at any time during the prayer: in the first rak'ah, in the middle, or in the last rak'ah. There is nothing wrong with any of this. The important thing is that he makes supplication when reciting the end of the Qur'an. The Sunnah is not to prolong it, but to restrict oneself to comprehensive supplications in the qunut and in the supplication at the completion of the Qur'an.
It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made qunut before the bowing and made qunut after the bowing. The more common is that he made qunut after the bowing. The supplication at the completion of the Qur'an is of the same kind as the qunut in the witr prayer, because its cause is the completion of the recitation of the Qur'an. A thing is prescribed when its cause is present, just as qunut is prescribed when its cause is present, which is the last rak'ah after he bows and rises from the bowing, due to the action of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The cause of the supplication at the completion of the Qur'an is the end of the Qur'an, because it is a great blessing that Allah has bestowed upon the servant. It is the final and most complete of the books of Allah. From this blessing, he supplicates to Allah to benefit him with the guidance of His Book, to make him among its people, to help him in His remembrance and gratitude, and to rectify his heart and his deeds. This is because it follows a righteous deed, just as he supplicates at the end of the prayer with great supplications before he says the taslim, after Allah has bestowed upon him the completion and conclusion of the prayer. Likewise, in the witr, he supplicates in the qunut after concluding and completing the prayer.
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