of 40 years will be forgiven? Also it should be read after the
completion of wudoo (ablution)? I am aware that we should recite
bismillah before starting wudoo and after finishing it we should
recite the kalimah shahadat (testimony of faith).
Please clear away this doubt for me since I am not sure if any of this
is backed by authentic hadeeth or not.
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Praise be to Allah
There is no shar'i (religious) basis for this idea, and there is
nothing in the Sunnah (teachings) of the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allah be upon him) to suggest this.
Al-Sakhkhawi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Reciting the Surah
"Inna anzalnahu" [i.e., Surah al-Qadr] after finishing wudoo is
something for which there is no basis and this is not the Sunnah. End
quote.
Al-'Amiri al-Ghazzi (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Reciting Surah al-Qadr after finishing wudoo is something for which
there is no basis.
Al-Jadd al-Hatheeth fi Bayan ma laysa bi Hadeeth (p.234).
Al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned in al-Da'eefah
(1449) a hadeeth (narration) about this and he said concerning it: It
is fabricated (mawdoo').
There are proven du'as and athkar (words of remembrance) in the
Prophet's (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) Sunnah which may
be recited straight after doing wudoo. The Muslim should be keen to
recite them and not add anything to them.
And Allah knows best.