QUESTION
After
the prayer, what is the proper order to do the following things,
and are they to be done out loud or silently?
*
supplications from the Sunnah
*
phrases of remembrence (ath-kaar)
*
recitation of the last three soorahs of the Qur'aan
*
recitation of Aayah Al-Kursee
ANSWER
by Shaykh Muhammad 'Umar Baazmool, instructor at Umm Al-Quraa
University in Makkah
What
seems to be the proper order for these things is as follows:
1)
When the Messenger (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
finished his prayers, he started with his saying of "Astagh-firullaah"
three times. [1]
2)
Then he would say "Allaahumma antas-Salaamu wa minkas-Salaam,
tabaarakta yaa thal-jalaali wal-ikraam." [2]
3)
Then he would say the other reported supplications, like,
"Laa ilaaha ill Allaah wa laa na'budu illaa iyyaah..."
[3]
4)
Then he would commence making the tasbeehs, saying,
"sub-haan Allaah," "al-hamdu lillaah,"
and "Allaahu akbar," 33 times each. [4]
5)
Then he would recite Aayah Al-Kursee, as it is what
has been reported that he (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam)
used to recite after each prayer. [5]
As
for the recitation of Soorah Al-Ikhlaas, Soorah
Al-Falaq, and Soorah An-Naas, then they are to
be recited in the morning and in the evening only. It has
not been authentically narrated, to the best of my knowledge,
that they were recited after each prayer, and Allaah knows
best. [6]
And
as for the question, "Are these things to be said
out loud or quietly?" It has been authentically reported
from Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allaah be pleased with him), as Al-Bukhaaree
reported [7], that he said they used to know when the Messenger's
prayer (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) was over due
to the voices of the Companions making takbeer, meaning
the supplications after the prayer.
Imaam
Ash-Shaafi'ee, may Allaah have Mercy on him, said that this
raising of their voices with takbeer after the prayer
was only done sometimes, not always, and it was done to teach
the people. Imaam Ash-Shaafi'ee had warned that it is not
for the Muslims to raise their voices with these phrases of
thikr and supplications, unless there is a need to
teach them to the people. If the people are not in need of
learning them, then the norm is that a person does not raise
his voice, rather he says these things in a silent way so
that he himself hears them, and Allaah knows best.
FOOTNOTES
[1]
Saheeh Muslim #1333 (3/92 of Sharh An-Nawawee)
and Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmithee #300 (1/176)
[2]
Saheeh Muslim #1334 (3/92 of Sharh An-Nawawee)
and Saheeh Sunan At-Tirmithee #298 (1/175)
[3]
Saheeh Muslim #1342 (3/94 of Sharh An-Nawawee)
[4]
Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree #843 (2/397-398 of Fat-hul-Baaree)
and Saheeh Muslim #1346 (3/95 of Sharh An-Nawawee)
[5]
This is based on the hadeeth: "Whoever
reads Aayah Al-Kursee after each obligatory prayer,
nothing will prevent him from going to Paradise except that
he must die." It was collected by An-Nasaa'ee
in As-Sunan Al-Kubraa #9848 (9/44 of the 1421 Mu'as-sasatur-Risaalah
printing), on the authority of Aboo Umaamah. Al-Albaanee gathered
and discussed its numerous chains, declaring the hadeeth to
be authentic in Silsilatul-Ahaadeethis-Saheehah #972.
[6]
Imaam Ahmad collected a narration mentioning that 'Uqbah ibn
'Aamir (may Allaah be pleased with him) was ordered by the
Prophet (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) to recite the
mu'awwithaat (the last three soorahs of the
Qur'aan: Ikhlaas, Falaq, and Naas) after
each prayer. It is #17417 in the Musnad (28/633 of
Ar-Risaalah), and Al-Albaanee declared it to be authentic
in his checking of Shaykh Al-Islaam's Al-Kalim At-Tayyib
(p.114).
[7]
Saheeh Al-Bukhaaree #841 (2/395-396 of Fat-hul-Baaree)
SOURCE
This
was translated exclusively for www.bakkah.net from a cassette
recording with the knowledge and permission of the shaykh,
file no. AAMB032, dated 1423/7/25.
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