When do i need to read my after salah supplications and invocations in the case when there is a established sunnah prayer after the fard prayer to be prayed like in the case of salatul zuhr, magrib and isha?
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As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
(May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
As salamu aleykum,
When do i need to read my after salah supplications and invocations in the case
when there is a established sunnah prayer after the fard prayer to be prayed
like in the case of salatul zuhr, magrib and isha?
Do i need to read those supplications and invocations after the 3 rakat fard,
or after completing the whole prayer (i.e. after those estabilished sunnah`s
after the fard`s_
A imam told me to do it every time after completing the whole prayer (i.e.
after the post- sunnahs like in Dhuhr, Magrib and Isha) he told me that the
Prophet SAW only used to say after fard prayer 3 times Astagfirullah;
``Allahumma antassalamu wa minkas salam tabarakta ya zal djalali wal ikram``
and then he stood up to pray the post sunnah prayers.
And after those he did the supplications and invocations Is this right?
When i asked him for the proof he said that Ibn Abidin and Tahtawi said so in
their books that delaying a sunnah after fard for making tasbihat, dhikr and
dua would be Makruh.
Is this fatwa correct?
Upon the completion of Fardh Salaat, two situations could come about:
1. Either there are no Sunnah Salaats to be performed after the Fardh Salaats,
e.g. Fajr, Asr, etc.
2. Or there are Sunnah Salaats to to be performed after the Fardh Salaat, e.g.
Dhuhr, Maghrib, Esha.
Therefore, those Salaats after which there are no Sunnats, the Dhikrs should be
read immediately. And those Salaats after which there are Sunnats, the Sunnat
Salaats should be completed and then the Dhikrs should be read. To delay the
Sunnah Salaats for longer than the duration it takes to read ‘Allaahumma antas
salaam wa minkas salaam, tabaarakta yaa dhal jalaal wal ikraam’ will be
Makrooh. (Haashiya Tahtawi vol.1 pg.312)
and Allah Ta`ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
It has been reported from Aisha (Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet
(Allah bless him and give him peace) used to sit as long at it takes to say
Allahumma antassalamu wa minkas salam wa ilayka ya`udu al-salam tabarakta ya
zal jalali wal ikram` then he used to stand up to perform his sunnah.`
(This hadith has been reported in Muslim,Abu Dawud, and Tirmidhi)
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Answer:
When to make
supplications prayer
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 9.393 Narrated by Zaid bin Thabit
The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘….O
people! Perform your (supererogatory) prayers at your homes, for the best
(supererogatory) prayer of a person is what is performed at his home except the
obligatory (congregational) prayers."
There is evidence in the authentic and established Sunnah
that more often than not the Messenger of Allah (saws) would himself offer his
‘Nafl’ or voluntary prayers in his house and he (saws) encouraged the believers
to do so likewise; and there is also evidence that at times, the Messenger of
Allah (saws) would offer his voluntary prayers in the masjid.
Hadrat Aishah (saws) says: "After the
Prophet (saws) made the taslim, he (saws) would not sit except
for the amount of time it takes to say: 'O Allah, You are the Peace, and from
You comes the Peace. Blessed are You, Possessor of Majesty and Honor."'
Related by Ahmad, Muslim, at-Tirmidhi, and
Ibn Majah.
Hadrat Umme Salamah (r.a.) said:
"Whenever the Messenger of Allah (saws) finished his prayers with the
taslim, the women would get up and he (saws) would stay in his place for a
while before getting up." She said: "I think, and Allah
knows best, that he (saws) did that to allow the women to leave before the men
[would stand to leave].
Related by Ahmad and al-Bukhari.
The majority of the scholars and jurists in Islam do not
take the statement ‘would not sit’ and ‘before getting up’ as a discouragement
or dislike in Shariah to sit after one’s prayers and praise and glorify Allah
or to stand to immediately after prayers to offer the Sunnah.
Fiqh-us-Sunnah Fiqh 1.164
Sunnah acts of prayer, Words of Remembrance
and Supplications After the Tasleem
It is sunnah for the person to use a number
of words of remembrance and supplications which have been related from the
Prophet. The many reports include the following:
1. Reported Thauban, "When the Prophet
(saws) would finish his prayer, he (saws) would seek Allah's forgiveness three
times and then say, 'O Allah, You are the peace, and from You is peace. You are
filled with good, O Sublime and Honorable One." (Related by Bukhari and
Muslim.)
2. One day the Prophet (saws) took Mu'adh
ibn Jabal's hand and said to him, "O Mu'adh, I love you." Mu'adh
responded, "May my father and mother be sacrificed for you, O Messenger of
Allah (saws), I love you." Then the Prophet said, "I advise you, O
Mu'adh, say at the end of every prayer, 'O Allah, aid me in Your remembrance,
Your thanks, and in perfecting Your worship." (Related by Ahmad, Abu
Dawud, an-Nasa'i, Ibn Khuzaimah, Ibn Hibban and al-Hakim.)
3. Reported Abdullah ibn Zubair, "When
the Prophet (saws) made the tasleem at the end of the prayer, he (saws) would
say, 'There is no god but Allah the One. There is no partner with Him, to Him
belongs the Sovereignty and to Him is the Praise. He has power over all things.
There is no might or power save with Allah. We do not worship any but Him. To
Him belongs the fortune, the grace and the best praise. There is no god except
Allah, and religion is sincerely for Him even if the disbelievers abhor
it." (Related by Ahmad, al-Bukhari and Muslim. )
4. Al-Mughirah ibn Shubah reported that the
Prophet (saws) would say at the end of every obligatory prayer, "There is
no god except Allah, the One. There is no partner with Him. To Him is the
dominion and the praise. He has power over all things. O Allah, none can
withhold what You have conferred, nor can one confer what You have withheld. A
fortune does not benefit its owner against You." (Related by Ahmad,
al-Bukhari and Muslim.)
5. Abu Umamah reported that the Prophet (saws)
said, "For whoever recites the Aaayatul kurs, at the end of every prayer,
nothing will prevent him from entering
6. Ali ibn Abi Taalib reported that the
Prophet (saws) said, "Whoever recites the ‘Verse of the Throne’ (Aayat-ul-Kursi
Baqarah:255) after every obligatory prayer will be in Allah's protection until
the next prayer." (Related by at-Tabarani)
7. Abu Hurairah related that the Prophet (saws)
said, "Whoever glorifies Allah after every prayer thirty-three times, and
praises Allah thirty-three times and extols Allah's greatness thirty-three
times and then says, 'There is no god except Allah, the One. There is no
partner with Him. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He has power
over all things,' is forgiven, even if his sins are as abundant as the foam of
the sea." (Related by Ahmad, al-Bukhari, Muslim and Abu Dawud.)
8. Ka'b ibn Ajrah related that the Prophet
said, "There are certain statements which, if one were to utter or observe
them at the end of every obligatory prayer, one would not be dismayed. (They
are) glorifying Allah thirty-three times, praising Allah thirty-three times and
extolling His greatness thirty-four times." (Related by Muslim. )
9. Sa'd ibn Abu Waqqas used to teach the
following words to his children, "The Messenger of Allah (saws) would seek
refuge at the end of every prayer (by saying), 'O Allah, I seek refuge in you
from cowardice. I seek refuge in You from miserliness, I seek refuge in You
from 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." (Related by Al-Bukhari
and at-Tirmidhi.)
10. Abu Hatim related that the Prophet (saws)
would say, upon finishing his prayers, "O Allah, make my religion, which
encompasses all of my affairs, good. O Allah, make this world of mine in which
I live good. O Allah, I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your anger. I seek
refuge in Your pardoning from your vengeance. I seek refuge in You from You.
None can withhold what You have conferred, no one can confer what You have
withheld. No possessor of fortune can
benefit from his fortune against you."
11. At the end of every prayer the Prophet (saws)
would say, "O Allah, give me well-being in my body. O Allah, give me
well-being in my hearing. O Allah, give me well-being in my seeing. O Allah, I
seek refuge in You from disbelief and poverty. O Allah, I seek refuge in You
from the torment of the grave. There is no god but You." (Related by Abu
Dawud and al-Hakim)
In light of the above absolutely clear guidance of the
Messenger of Allah (saws), there is enough evidence that it is permissible and
a Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (saws)
to extol, praise, and glorify the Lord Most High and make as many
supplications as one wills and pleases after one has completed one’s prayers.
There is no specific restriction in the Sunnah to the
number of glorifications or supplications one may make in their individual
capacity after one has completed one’s prayers; but there is absolutely no
evidence in the authentic and established Sunnah whereby the Messenger of Allah
(saws) endorsed the making of glorifications or supplications in congregation
either before or after the prayers.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
