Dought & clear - , Asking the imam to make du‘aa’ (supplication) for a sick person after the prayer so that the worshippers can say Ameen to his du‘aa’.

I am the imam of a mosque in New York. Some people come to me to ask
me to make du'aa' for a sick person after the prayer, so that the
worshippers can say Ameen to the du'aa', because the mosque is the
only place where theMuslims gather. Is this bid'ah (an innovation)?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, has commanded His slaves to
call upon Him and He encourages themto do so, as He says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"And when My slaves askyou (O Muhammad SAW) concerning Me, then
(answer them), I am indeed near (to them by My Knowledge). I respond
to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me (without any
mediator or intercessor).So let them obey Me and believe in Me, so
that they may be led aright"
[al-Baqarah 2:186]
"And your Lord said:"Invoke Me, (i.e. believe in My Oneness (Islamic
Monotheism)) (and ask Me for anything) I will respond to your
(invocation)"
[Ghaafir 40:60].
That includes praying forone who is sick in the hope that Allah, may
He be glorified and exalted,may heal him or alleviate what has
befallen him, and in the hope that the prayer of his righteous Muslim
brothers will benefit him. It was the practice of the Prophet
(blessingsand peace of Allah be upon him) to offer supplication for
the sick. That is proven from him, as in the hadeeth of Sa'dibn Abi
Waqqaas (may Allah be pleased with him) who narrated that when the
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) visited him when he
wassick: he placed his hand on his forehead, then hewiped his hand
over my face and stomach, then he said: "O Allah, heal Sa'd and
complete his migration." And I can still feel its coolness on my heart
until this moment.
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,5659; Muslim, 1628
He (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) taught his noble
Companions a number ofsupplication that they could recite for the
sick. An example of that is what is proven from Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah
be pleased with him), that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah
be upon him) said: "Whoever visits a sick person who is not yet dying,
and says seven times in his presence: 'As'alu Allaaha rabb al-'arsh
il-'azeem an yashfiyaka (I ask Allaah, Lord of the mighty Throne, to
heal you), Allaah will heal him of that sickness."
Narrated as Abu Dawood, 3106; classed assaheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh
Abi Dawood
Imam an-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
It is mustahabb for the visitor, if he hopes that the sick person will
live, to offer supplication for him, whether there is hope that he
will live or it is possible. There are many saheeh hadeeths about
offering supplication for one who is sick, that I have compiled in the
book al-Adhkaar. … – Then he mentioned some of them.
End quote from al-Majmoo', 5/112
Whether the supplication for the sick person is offered individually
or by a group, if some people visit a sick person and one of them
offers supplication for him andthe rest say Ameen to hissupplication,
there is nothing wrong with something like that, especially if some of
those who are visiting do not know the du'aa's for such situations
very well.
Secondly:
It is not prescribed to offer supplication in congregation after the
prayers, because the basic principle with regard to acts of worship is
tawqeef [i.e., they can only be known through divine Revelation and
sound texts of hadeeth, with no room for ijtihad], andno such thing
has been narrated from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be
upon him) or his Companions.
The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked about an imam who
raises his hands after the prescribed prayers, and those who have
prayed behind him do likewise, and the imam says du'aa' and those who
are praying behind him say Ameen to his du'aa'.
They replied:
Acts of worship are based on tawqeef [i.e., they can only be known
through divine Revelation and sound texts of hadeeth, with no room for
ijtihad], so it is not permissible to say that these acts of worship
are prescribed at all or in terms of their number, form or place
except on the basis of shar'i evidence to that effect. But we know of
no Sunnah to that effect from the Prophet (blessings and peace of
Allah be upon him) either in terms of his words or actions, or in
terms of what he approved of.
End quote from Majallat al-Buhooth al-Islamiyyah, 17/55
But if this supplication is offered for a sick person on occasion, and
the imam offers supplicationand the people present say Ameen, there is
nothing wrong with that. But there is no need for that if the imam
tells the members of the congregation thattheir brother So and so is
sick and encourages them to offer supplication for him andvisit him.
That will fulfil the desired aim of offering supplication forthe sick
person and visiting him.
And Allah knows best.

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