Finding Islam

66. Fired

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- KING'S POV -

"Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. Wa Assalamu alaykum wa rahmatullah." I gave tasleem, looking both to my right and left shoulders before turning around in my spot, smiling as I made eye contact with A'ishah who I had led in prayer, alhamdulillah. We both began quietly reciting our post salah dhikr to ourselves as was sunnah.

The Sunnah was the same for the Muslim to say after every obligatory prayer, whether he prayed as the leader or he prayed behind the imam or even on his own.

(A/N: unfortunately I haven't included the arabic for the adiyah below. InshaaAllah they're all available online! Apologies xx)

Beginning with Astaghfirullah (I ask Allah for forgiveness) three times, then Allahumma anta al-salam wa minka al-salam tabarakta ya dhal-jalali wa'l-ikram (O Allah, You are the One Who is free from all defects and deficiencies and from You is all peace, blessed are You, O Possessor of majesty and honour).

Then, if he is an imam, he should turn to face the people he led. Both he and the other worshippers, and similarly the one who prayed on his own should say: La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer. La hawla wa la quwwata illa Billah wa la na'budu illa iyyah. Lahu'l-ni'mah wa lahu'l-fadl wa lahu'l-thana al-hasan. La ilaha ill-Allah mukhliseena lahu'l-deena wa law kariha'l-kafiroon. Allahumma la mani'a lima a'tayta wa la mu'tiya lima mana'ta wa la yanfa'u dha'l-jaddi minka al-jadd (There is no god but Allah Alone, with no partner or associate His is the sovereignty and to Him be praise, and He is Able to do all things. There is no power and no strength except with Allah, and we worship none but Him. From Him (alone) come all blessings and favours, and all good praise is due to Him. There is no god but Allah and we make our worship purely for Him (alone) however much the disbelievers may hate that. O Allah, none can withhold what You give and none can give what You withhold, and no wealth or majesty can benefit anyone for from You is all wealth and majesty).

After Maghrib and Fajr prayers he should say, as well as the words mentioned above: La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd yuhyi wa yumeet wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadeer (there is no God but Allah alone, with no partner or associate, His is the Dominion and to Him be praise, He gives life and gives death, and He has power over all things) ten times. Then after that he should say Subhan Allah wa'l-hamdu Lillah wa Allahu akbar (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah and Allah is most great) 33 times, and to complete one hundred he should say: La ilaha ill-Allah wahdahu la shareeka lah, lahu'l-mulk wa lahu'l-hamd wa huwa 'ala kulli shayin qadeer (There is no god but Allah Alone, with no partner or associate His is the sovereignty and to Him be praise, and He is Able to do all things).

The Sunnah is for the imam, the person who prays on his own and the person who prays behind an imam to recite these adhkar aloud after every obligatory prayer in a voice that is not too loud, but rather in an ordinary tone. This was proven in al-Saheehayn from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) that raising the voice slightly in dhikr when the people have finished the obligatory prayer was what was done at the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I would know that they had finished when I heard that.

It is not permissible to recite these out loud in unison; rather each person should recite to himself without paying attention to the voice of anyone else, because reciting dhikr in unison is an innovation for which there is no basis in Islam.