Is there any reason not to make du’aa’ after praying an obligatory prayer?
Question What is the ruling on making du’aa’ after an obligatory prayer? Is there any evidence to show that one should not do this? Praise be to Allah. It was not narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or from any of his companions, as far as we know, that…
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Praise be to Allah.
It was not narrated from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him) or from any of his companions, as far as we
know, that they used to raise their hands and say du’aa’ after praying an
obligatory prayer. Hence we know that this is a bid’ah (innovation), because
the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever
does anything that is not in accordance with this matter of ours (Islam)
will have it rejected.” (narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh, 3243). And
he said: “Whoever innovates anything in this matter of ours (Islam) that is
not part of it will have it rejected.” (Saheeh – agreed upon).
However, reciting du’aa’ without raising one’s hands and
without reciting it in unison is fine, because
evidence to that effect was reported from the Prophet (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), indicating that he made du’aa’ both before
and after prayer. The same applies to making du’aa’ after praying naafil
prayers, because there is no evidence to indicate that this should not be
done, even if one raises one’s hands, because raising the hands is one of
the means of having one’s du’aa’ answered. But that should not be done all
the time, rather only sometimes, because it was not reported that the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to make du’aa’
raising his hands after every naafil prayer. All goodness rests in following
the example of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him)
because Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Indeed in the Messenger of Allaah (Muhammad) you have a
good example to follow”[al-Ahzaab 33:21]
From Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat Mutanawwi’ah li Samaahat
al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him), 11/168.
See also Question no.
11543.
