What does the [following] saying of the Messenger ﷺ mean: «اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَعُوذُ بِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍ لاَ يَنْفَعُ» – transmitted by Muslim
Category: Scholars
Congregational supplication after the prayer
I am asking about the congregational supplication after the prayer, where the imaam supplicates and the rest [of the congregation] respond [by saying] ‘aameen’.
Reciting Soorah al-Faatihah during the supplication
Is it permissible to recite soorah al-Faatihah whilst supplicating, or at the end of the supplication? And is that [considered to be] an innovation?
A mother supplicating against her children
What is the ruling regarding a mother supplicating against her children?
Supplicating for marriage to a particular young lady
Is it permissible for a person to supplicate for himself that he is blessed with marriage to a [particular] young lady – and [whilst supplicating] he mentions her name in his heart?
Supplicating for the openly immoral sinner
Is it permissible to supplicate for an openly immoral sinner (faasiq), [someone] who does not fulfil his religious obligations?
Supplicating for his father who died whilst having abandoned the prayer
Is it permissible for a son to supplicate for his father who has died whilst having abandoned the prayer?
Supplicating for the teacher
What is the ruling regarding supplicating for a teacher who carries out her duties in the most complete [and praiseworthy] manner?
Supplicating after the recitation of the Qur.aan
We read the Qur.aan, and all Praise is due to Allaah [alone] we read a [complete] part (juz); so what is the ruling regarding the supplication we make after completing our recitation?
Raising the hands in supplication after the prayer
Has [anything been] reported from the Prophet ﷺ that he would raise his hands in supplication after the obligatory prayer?