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In the recent past the issue regarding dua after salah has been the subject of many discussions. Below is a brief
explanation on this issue. This issue could be divided in four parts:
The subject of debate relates more to the fourth topic. Therefore, hereunder we shall discuss the first three topics very
briefly and then elaborate on the fourth point.
Our illustrious Fuqaha have clearly mentioned that it is mustahab to make dua after salah. There are many narrations
that support this. Below we shall just mention one such narration:
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“From amongst those actions that should be done after salah is to make dua. Allama Shurunbulali @%
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mentions in Nurul Idah: then (after salah) they (the musali’s) whilst lifting their hands should make dua for themselves
and for the general Muslim public. After dua they should wipe their hands over their faces.” (al Si’aya 2/257 Suhail
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“Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri @%
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the sunnah (of dua) could also be attained without raising the hands. Therefore there is no reason to call the one
who raises his hands an innovator. Likewise there is no reason to call the one who does not raise his hands an ignorant
person.” (al Nafais al Margouba 31)
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“O Allah You are peace and from You is peace. Blessed are You o the being of Majesty and Honour”
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“There is no deity but Allah, He has no partner, for Him is the kingdom, for Him is all praise and He has power over all
things. O Allah none can prevent what You give and none can give what You prevent and no wealthy persons
wealth can benefit from You.”
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was of good this dua seals it and if the gathering was other than good it is a means of atonement.
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“Glory O Allah and all praise, I seek Your pardon and return to You.”
There are many other dua’s and tasbeehat to be recited after salah, for example Ayat al Kursi, Tasbeeh Fatimi etc
but we shall suffice on the above mentioned narrations.
Congregational dua.
At the outset it should be understood that congregational dua in itself is not prohibited. Due to external factors, as will
be mentioned scholars have decreed that it should not be done regularly. It is the responsibility of the Ulama and
learned scholars to educate the general public regarding the view point of our pious predecessors regarding this
masla.
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congregation of salah, condemning the one who leaves it out, appointing an imam then following him etc is all this is
due to lack of knowledge and extreme ignorance.”
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“Every person could make his Adhkar after salah as he wish. Doing it in congregation, as is common nowadays is not
an established practice.”
Know very well that congregating and raising the hands as is a common practice was unknown in the time of Nabi
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At another place he mentions: “In many places congregational dua after the fardh salah whilst raising the hands has
become common. This was not found in the time of Nabi ? / A
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many duas have been established, but it is without lifting of the hands and without being in congregation.”
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“After compiling the above I found the same thing mentioned in Tafseer Roohul Ma’ani, namely that loud dua,
especially in the masjid, is an innovation. It is mentioned in a Hadeeth “Every innovation is means of misguidance and
every misguidance leads to hell.” The text of Ruhul Ma’ani is: You will find many people in your era making loud dua
especially in the big masjids not realising that they have combined two innovations the first of raising the voice and
the second it being in the masjid.”
Question: Should one say amen to the dua made by the imam after salah or can one make his own dua?
Answer: One can make whatever dua he wishes. It is not necessary to follow the imam.
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“It should be noted that the common practice after fardh salah whereby the imam and muqtadi congregate and lift
their hands and the imam makes dua and the muqtadi says ameen has definitely not been established from Nabi
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It is mentioned in Ma’ariful Quran: “May Allah guide the imams of our masajid. They left the teachings of the Quran,
sunnah and practices of our pious predecessors. After every salah superficial dua takes place, in raised voices
besides going against the etiquettes of dua it also causes disturbance in the salah of the late comers.”
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indicated to by the verse verily Allah does not love those who transgress the bounds.”
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Wassalam
The ulama should first educate their congregation on the sunnah method of Adhkaar after salah and gradually
inform them that the congregational dua is not compulsory and was not practised at the time of Rasulullah
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? / A. Get the congregation to first understand that congregational dua is mubah and not compulsory. Do not
condemn the practice without educating the congregation. This will lead to fitna.