The Narrated Supplications at the End of the Prayers
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Question:
The questioner asks: His Eminence the Shaykh, is there a specific supplication after every prayer, or does a person supplicate with whatever he wishes? Please clarify this for us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught the people the tashahhud, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Bulugh al-Maram 2:203, and in the other wording he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 402b. So it is prescribed for a person, after the tashahhud and after the salawat upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and after seeking refuge with Allah from the punishment of Hell, from the punishment of the grave, from the trial of life and death, and from the trial of the Dajjal, to supplicate with whatever is easy for him before he says the taslim. And if he supplicates with the prescribed narrated supplications, that is better, such as: Sunan Abi Dawud 1522Sahih (Al-Albani), at the end of the prayer before he says the taslim: Sahih al-Bukhari 6326. This great supplication was taught by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), and the first supplication: Sunan Abi Dawud 1522Sahih (Al-Albani), he taught it to Mu'adh.
And so it came in the hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him):Sunan an-Nasa'i 5445Sahih (Darussalam), and it came in the hadith of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to say at the end of the prayer: Sunan Abi Dawud 1509Sahih (Al-Albani).
So these narrated supplications are better than others, and if a person supplicates with other supplications for his benefit or his need, there is nothing wrong with it, such as saying: O Allah, pay off my debt, O Allah, rectify my offspring, O Allah, rectify my wife, O Allah, guide me to what brings Your pleasure, O Allah, guide me to the straight path,Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3483Da’if (Darussalam), and so on from what he supplicates with...... good supplications are fine, and the supplication: is narrated. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught it to al-Husayn ibn 'Ubayd al-Khuzai when he embraced Islam; he taught it to him, saying: Say: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3483Da’if (Darussalam). And so: Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 22:413.
The point is that one supplicates with good supplications, and if they are not narrated, there is nothing wrong with supplicating with them. O Allah, make it easy for me a righteous wife, if he is in need of a wife, and a woman says: O Allah, make it easy for me a righteous husband, and the like of that. O Allah, make it easy for me good offspring, O Allah, pay off my debt, O Allah, bless me in what You have given me, and the like of that from good supplications. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
The questioner asks: His Eminence the Shaykh, is there a specific supplication after every prayer, or does a person supplicate with whatever he wishes? Please clarify this for us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) taught the people the tashahhud, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Then he may choose any supplication which pleases him most and recite it.
ثم ليتخير من الدعاء أعجبه إليه فيدعوThen he may choose any supplication which pleases him.
ثم ليختر من المسألة ما شاءO Allah, help me in remembering You, in giving You thanks, and worshipping You well.
اللهم أعني على ذكرك وشكرك وحسن عبادتكAllahumma inni zalamtu nafsi zulman kathiran wala yaghfirudhdhunuba illa anta, Faghfirli maghfiratan min indika war-hamni, innaka antalGhafur-Rahim.
اللهم إني ظلمت نفسي ظلمًا كثيرًا ولا يغفر الذنوب إلا أنت، فاغفر لي مغفرة من عندك وارحمني إنك أنت الغفور الرحيمO Allah, help me in remembering You
اللهم أعني على ذكركAnd so it came in the hadith of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him):
Allahumma inni a'udhu bika minal-bukhli, wa a'udhu bika minal-jubni, wa a'udhu bika an uradda ila ardhalil-'umuri, wa a'udhu bika min fitnatid-dunya, wa a'udhu bika min 'adhabil-qabr (O Allah, I seek refuge in You from miserliness, and I seek refuge in You from cowardice, and I seek refuge in You from reaching the age of senility, and I seek refuge in You from the trials of this world, and I seek refuge in You from the torment of the grave)
أن النبي ﷺ كان يقول في آخر الصلاة: اللهم إني أعوذ بك من البخل، وأعوذ بك من الجبن، وأعوذ بك أن أرد إلى أرذل العمر، وأعوذ بك من فتنة الدنيا، وأعوذ بك من عذاب القبر"O Allah, forgive me my former and latter sins, what I have kept secret and what I have done openly, and what I have done extravagance; and what You know better than I do. You are the Advancer, the Delayer, there is no god but You."
اللهم اغفر لي ما قدمت وما أخرت وما أسررت وما أعلنت وما أسرفت وما أنت أعلم به مني، أنت المقدم وأنت المؤخر لا إله إلا أنتSo these narrated supplications are better than others, and if a person supplicates with other supplications for his benefit or his need, there is nothing wrong with it, such as saying: O Allah, pay off my debt, O Allah, rectify my offspring, O Allah, rectify my wife, O Allah, guide me to what brings Your pleasure, O Allah, guide me to the straight path,
O Allah, inspire me with my guidance, and protect me from the evil of my soul
اللهم ألهمني رشدي وأعذني من شر نفسيO Allah, inspire me with my guidance.
اللهم ألهمني رشديO Allah, inspire me with my guidance, and protect me from the evil of my soul
اللهم ألهمني رشدي وأعذني من شر نفسيO Allah, protect me from the stinginess of my soul.
اللهم قني شح نفسيThe point is that one supplicates with good supplications, and if they are not narrated, there is nothing wrong with supplicating with them. O Allah, make it easy for me a righteous wife, if he is in need of a wife, and a woman says: O Allah, make it easy for me a righteous husband, and the like of that. O Allah, make it easy for me good offspring, O Allah, pay off my debt, O Allah, bless me in what You have given me, and the like of that from good supplications. Yes.
The presenter : May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
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