dua after fard salah?

[Durriyya]

Assalamu Alaykum
I have a question...I wasn't sure where to ask, please forgive me if this is the wrong place.
My question is regarding dua after fard prayer. I have heard different opinions on this, some say that it's sunnah, some say it's not and therefore it's bid'ah, and some say it may not be sunnah but since you're doing dua after a good deed it is perfectly alright and a good thing to do because it would increase the chances of the dua being answered. And some say it's complete bid'ah to raise one's hands and make dua after fard salah...but what if you do it but not with the intention that you're following sunnah? And there is a hadith, I'm not sure of the exact words but the gist is that when a person raises his hands to make dua, Allah feels shy of refusing His servants request. So it can't be wrong to raise hands to make dua can it?
I am really confused about this issue, I hope someone can help inshaAllah

jazakAllahu khayr

[Durriyya]

JazakAllahu Khayr... I knew the one about du'a during sujood, I'd kinda forgotten though thanks for the reminder. Do you have a reference for du'a before tasleem? I will definitely check out the book inshaAllah, I think I have seen it.
I hope someone else can also shed light on this issue!

[sister phi]

The answer to this question I believe is in Shaykh Yasir Qadhi's book "Du'a: The Weapon of the Believer" (it's also available as a 5 CD-set). Unfortunately I lent both my CD-set AND my book to people, so I can't give you a direct excerpt. But from what I remember, it is disliked to raise your hands and go straight into du'a right after salah (not sure about bid'ah, but it is definitely disliked). It is better to do some form of dhikr first.

And group dhikr like they have in certain masjids where immediately after the salah, the imam leads the group in dhikr, from what I remembered (which is confirmed by the fatwa above) that is bid'ah.

Allahu 'alam. Get the book/CD-set! It's really good and soo helpful, mashaAllah!

[Durriyya]

jazakAllahu khayr all of you

[Agamea]

that is a question which confused me and still confuses me because I haven't looked into it deep at all.

But from IslamQa, and asking around. The problem which people raise is not about making dua itself, but about "raising the hands" and not generally but specifically after the fard Salah. Dua is good and encouraged after the thikr after the Salah, because their is a hadeeth which mentions this.

In regards to raising the hands it is a sunnah and is very good because it increases the chance of the Dua.

But the difference comes when it is after salah
and during the Jum3ah khutbah (whether by the khateeb or the attendees).

The reason for this, is because from what I "know" and heard from duat and students of knowledge and scholars is that the
prophet specifically left raising his hands at those particular times when he did make dua. Not that the prophet didn't simply do it but that he specifically didn't raise his hands at those instances yet raised them for dua at other times. For example when asking for rain. So that is why they say that it is not allowed. Wallahu a3lam, but it doesn't mean they are saying dont make dua during those times. Others I have spoken to have said that there is no proof that you HAVE to pray sunnah prayer and THEN make dua while raising the hands, and that the ahadeeth are there showing 1. making dua after the fard prayer is recommended, and 2. raising the hands in general is recommended.

Wallahu a3lam, this is where the confusion comes in so if someone can correct or elaborate more on this insha'Allah from what they heard scholars say regarding this issue, in regards to rebuttles etc...

[brother_bruce]

With respect to raising hands invidually (not as part of the congregational dua), after doing tasbeeh - is that also bid'ah?

When I do it, I'm trying to combine a number of beneficial factors, such as praising Allah [swt] and saying durood first, and then raising hands to make du'a. I read Sh. Yasir Qadhi's book on the subject, and dont remember finding anything contrary to that... please correct me if I'm mistaken.

The way I see it, I just finished a good deed (prayer), praised Allah [swt] a number of times (SubhanAllah/ Alhamdulillah/ Allahu Akbar), and so it would be sort of a waste to pass the occasion without asking for something.

[Yusuf513Khan]

I remember reading while back of Muhammad Al-Shareef's comment on this subject (raising hands after Salah)...here it is:


05-26-2004, 09:17 AM
Re: raising hands for dua
Bismillah.
What we studied in Madinah was that the Prophet, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, did not command it, nor did he forbid it. This latter point is something people forget, HE DID NOT FORBID IT as much as he did not command it, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam.

So, in conclusion, if it is institutionalized to the point where people think it is a MUST and that it is part of the Salah to make dua immediately after ... that's when it becomes bid'ah.

But if you are just sitting in the Masjid, you pray and then you wish to make dua ... it's alright in sha Allah.

And Allah knows best

PS: One should not make the mistake of thinking 'DUA' is bid'ah. I know a lot of people when they hear this fiqh issue, they abandon Dua altogether. Instead, one need only check themselves to make sure they are not institutionalizing dua at a specific non-Sunnah time, but keep on with their strong and consistent dua to Allah. Allah ta'ala loves to hear his servants when they raise their hands to him and ask of the goodness of this life and the next.

[Durriyya]

Much grateful to everyone here, I feel much clearer in my mind now
jazakAllahu khayr