narrated in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him).
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no specific du'aa' narrated in the Sunnah forafter one has
completed the Qur'aan, or even from the companions of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or the well-known imams.
One ofthe most well-known du'aa's regarding this matter is the du'aa'
which is written at the end of many Mus-hafs and it attributed to
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), but there
is no basis for attributing it to him. See Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn
'Uthaymeen,14/226.
The du'aa' after completing the Qur'aan is recited either after
completing it whilst praying, or when not praying. There is no basis
for reciting any du'aa' after completing it whilst praying. As for
reciting a du'aa' after completing it when not praying, it is narrated
that Anas (may Allaah be pleased with him) did that.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked: What
is the ruling on making du'aa' after completing the Qur'aan in night
prayers in Ramadaan?
He replied:
I do not know of any du'aa' for completing the Qur'aan in night
prayers inRamadaan, either from theProphet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him) or from his companions. The most that has been
narrated concerning that is that when Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah have
mercy on him) had completed a reading of the Qur'aan, he would gather
his family and make du'aa'. This had to do with reading it outside of
prayer. End quote.
Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 354
Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd wrote a useful essay on this issue, at the end of
which he said:
From the quotations in thetwo previous sections we may draw the
following conclusion:
1 – Du'aa' upon completion of the Qur'aan in general:
The conclusion concerning this is as follows:
Firstly:
What we have stated above has to do with du'aa' upon completion of the
Qur'aan in general.
There is no proof that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be
upon him) did that, rather the reports are either mawdoo' (fabricated)
or are da'eef (weak) with no other reports to strengthen them. It is
almost certain that there are no marfoo' reports concerning this
matter that can be relied upon, because the scholars who wrote
comprehensively about the sciences of the Qur'aan and the dhikrs to be
recited in connection with the Qur'aan, such as al-Nawawi, Ibn
Katheer, al-Qurtubi and al-Suyooti, did not narrate anything other
than what we have referred to above. If they had known of any reports
with stronger isnaads, they would have quoted them.
Secondly:
There is a saheeh report that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased
with him) said du'aa' when he completed the Qur'aan, and he would
gather his family and children for that, and that a number ofthe
Taabi'een followed him in that, as mentioned in the report of Mujaahid
ibn Jabr (may Allaah have mercy on them all).
Thirdly:
There is no suggestion in the texts of Imam Abu Haneefah and Imam
al-Shaafa'i (may Allaah have mercy on them) that this is Islamically
prescribed.
What is narrated from Imam Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on him) is
thatthis is not something that the people did, and that completing the
Qur'aan in night prayers in Ramadaan is not Sunnah.
Fourthly:
The view that it is mustahabb to make du'aa'after completing the
Qur'aan is what is narratedfrom Imam Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on
him), as our Hanbali scholars narrated from him, and as was affirmed
by some later scholars of the other three madhhabs.
2 – Du'aa' following completion of the Qur'aan in prayer
This may be summed up as follows:
Firstly:
From what is quoted above, there is no one letter from the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or from one of his
companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) to indicate that it is
Islamically prescribed to recite this du'aa' in prayer after
completing the Qur'aan, before or after bowing, whether that is done
by an imam or by one who is praying alone.
Secondly:
The closest we can find on this matter is what was quoted by the
scholars of our madhhab from the report from Imam Ahmad (may Allaah
have mercy on him), according to the report of Hanbal, al-Fadl and
al-Harbi, the isnaad of which we cannot find, about saying the du'aa'
forcompleting the Qur'aan in Taraweeh prayer before bowing.
According to another report narrated from him – the source of which is
not known – he allowed itin the du'aa' of Witr.
See Marwiyaat Du'aa' Khatm al-Qur'aan.
--
- - - - - - -