What the Imam and the Ma'mum Say After the Prayer

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Question:
A message was received for the program from the listener Sidi Shanab, of Sudanese nationality. He says: A brother in Islam of Egyptian nationality lives with me at my place of work, and we pray in congregation. We differ after the prayer; because I say after the prayer:
"Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds. O Allah, You are Peace, and from You is peace. O our Lord, give us life with peace, and admit us into Paradise, Your abode of peace. Blessed and Exalted are You. I seek forgiveness from Allah the Great for every sin, and I repent to You."
And he says: This is a mistake. Say: "I seek forgiveness from Allah," three times. This is the correct saying.
Please guide us regarding what I said and what my companion said. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
What your companion said is correct. It is established in Sahih Muslim from Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) , who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he finished his prayer—meaning: when he said the taslim from his prayer—would say:

I seek forgiveness from Allah.

أستغفر الله

three times,

"O Allah, You are As-Salam, and from you is As-Salam. You are blessed, O One of Magnificence and Generosity."

اللهم أنت السلام، ومنك السلام، تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام

Sunan Abi Dawud 1512Sahih (Al-Albani)

This is what is prescribed.
As for the "Hamdalah" (praise), and saying "Give us life with peace," and what you mentioned in your speech, this has no basis after the taslim. Rather, what is prescribed is what your companion said: ("I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah, I seek forgiveness from Allah") and then you say

"O Allah, You are As-Salam, and from you is As-Salam. You are blessed, O One of Magnificence and Generosity."

اللهم أنت السلام، ومنك السلام، تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام

Sunan Abi Dawud 1512Sahih (Al-Albani)

This is the Sunnah. And if the one saying it is the Imam, he turns to the people after that, after saying:

"O Allah, You are As-Salam, and from you is As-Salam. You are blessed, O One of Magnificence and Generosity."

اللهم أنت السلام، ومنك السلام، تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام

Sunan Abi Dawud 1512Sahih (Al-Albani)

he turns to the people and gives them his face.

The presenter: He seeks forgiveness from Allah three times, then says this phrase.

The Shaykh: He seeks forgiveness from Allah three times, and says:

O Allah, You are Peace...

اللهم أنت السلام...

to the end of it, then he turns to the people and gives them his face, if he is the Imam.
As for the ma'mum and the one praying alone, he remains in his state, facing the qiblah, and everyone says after that:

There is no god but Allah. He is alone. There is no partner with Him. Sovereignty belongs to Him and He is Potent over everything. There is no might or power except with Allah. There is no god but Allah and we do not worship but Him alone. To Him belong all bounties, to Him belongs all Grace, and to Him is worthy praise accorded. There is no god but Allah, to Whom we are sincere in devotion, even though the unbelievers should disapprove it.

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيءٍ قدير، لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله، لا إله إلا الله، ولا نعبد إلا إياه، له النعمة وله الفضل، وله الثناء الحسن، لا إله إلا الله مخلصين له الدين، ولو كره الكافرون

Sahih Muslim 594a

Muslim narrated it in his Sahih from the hadith of Ibn al-Zubayr—Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr—from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he used to say this when he said the taslim from his prayer, meaning: after seeking forgiveness three times, and after:

O Allah, You are Peace.

اللهم أنت السلام

.

The presenter: Yes, let us repeat it a second time, if you would be so kind, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh: Ibn al-Zubayr says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say after the prayer:

لا إله إلا الله، وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيءٍ قدير، لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله، لا إله إلا الله، ولا نعبد إلا إياه، له النعمة، وله الفضل، وله الثناء الحسن، لا إله إلا الله مخلصين له الدين، ولو كره الكافرون

Sahih Muslim 594a

.
And in the two Sahihs, from the hadith of al-Mughirah ibn Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say after the prayer when he said the taslim:

There is no god but Allah. He is alone, Who has no partner. To Him belongs the sovereignty and to Him praise is due and He is Potent over every. thing. O Allah! no one can withhold what Thou givest, or give what Thou withholdest, and the riches cannot avail a wealthy person with Thee.

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيءٍ قدير، اللهم لا مانع لما أعطيت، ولا معطي لما منعت، ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد

Sahih Muslim 593a

.
And he agreed with Ibn al-Zubayr in saying:

There is no god but Allah, alone, without any partner. To Him belong the Kingdom and praise, and He has power over everything

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، وهو على كل شيءٍ قدير

Muwatta Malik 20:131

and he added to Ibn al-Zubayr:

O Allah! No-one can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold, and the fortune of a man of means is useless before You

اللهم لا مانع لما أعطيت، ولا معطي لما منعت، ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد

Sahih al-Bukhari 6615

and Ibn al-Zubayr added to him:

There is no might or power except with Allah. There is no god but Allah and we do not worship but Him alone. To Him belong all bounties, to Him belongs all Grace, and to Him is worthy praise accorded. There is no god but Allah, to Whom we are sincere in devotion, even though the unbelievers should disapprove it.

لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله، لا إله إلا الله، ولا نعبد إلا إياه، له النعمة، وله الفضل، وله الثناء الحسن، لا إله إلا الله مخلصين له الدين، ولو كره الكافرون

Sahih Muslim 594a

and both hadiths are authentic.
So the Sunnah is to come with all of it. The Sunnah is to come with what Ibn al-Zubayr mentioned, and what al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with them both) mentioned from the Prophet (may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him), along with what Thawban mentioned at the time of the taslim. One begins first with what Thawban said:

O Allah, You are As-Salam, and from you is As-Salam. You are blessed, O One of Magnificence and Generosity.

أستغفر الله، أستغفر الله، أستغفر الله، اللهم أنت السلام، ومنك السلام، تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام

Sunan Abi Dawud 1512Sahih (Al-Albani)

from the time he says the taslim, then he comes with these dhikr after that. And the Imam comes with them after he turns to the people, after he says:

O Allah, You are Peace.

اللهم أنت السلام

to the end of it, he comes with these dhikr. And in some of them there is an addition:

He gives life and causes death.

يحيي ويميت

None has the right to be worshipped by Allah, Alone, without partner, to Him belongs all that exists, and to Him belongs the praise, [He gives life and causes death,] and He has power over all things

لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له، له الملك، وله الحمد، يحيي ويميت، وهو على كل شيء قدير

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3553Sahih (Darussalam)

If he adds:

He gives life and causes death.

يحيي ويميت

there is no harm. It is all good, it is all fine. And if he says it at one time and leaves it at another time, it is all fine. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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