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Is it permissible to make congregational duā after a study circle?

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Is it allowed to make congregational supplication (dua) after quran study circle (tafseer or tajweed class).

I found out that it is not right pls answer me in detail

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullāhi wa barakātuh.

In principle, making du‘ā’ in congregation is a good and rewarded practice. Rasūlullāh (sallAllāhu ‘alayhi wasallam) said:

لا يجتمع ملأ فيدعو بعضهم ويؤمن سائرهم إلا أجابهم الله

“No congregation comes together, one of them supplicating and the remainder of them saying āmīn except Allāh answers them.” (Mu‘jam al-Tabrānī al-Kabīr[1], Mustadrak al-Hākim)

This hadīth demonstrates the great virtue of congregational du‘ā’. Moreover, it has been recorded from the Sahābah that they made congregational du‘ā’ on a number of occasions.[2]

However, no fixed time has been specified in the Sunnah for congregational du‘ā’. Therefore, congregational du‘ā’ should not be performed in such a way that an impression might be created that it has a special significance on any specific occasion.[3]

We would therefore advise that if congregational du‘ā’ is made after the study circle in reference on a regular basis, it is left out on some occasions, and not performed every time, so the misunderstanding that it has a special significance at that time does not arise. 

And Allah Ta‘ālā Knows Best

Zameelur Rahman

Student Darul Iftaa
UK

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.

www.daruliftaa.net


[1] قال الهيثمي بعد ذكر هذا الحديت: رواه الطبراني…ورجاله رجال الصحيح غير ابن لهيعة وهو حسن الحديث (مجمع الزوائد، دار الفكر، ج١٠ ص٢٦٧)

وقال الشيخ عبد الفتاح أبو غدة: والراوي عن ابن لهيعة في هذا الحديث هو عبد الله بن يزيد…وهو أحد العبادلة الذين تعد روايتهم عن ابن لهيعة أعدل وأقوى (ثلاث رسائل فى استحباب الدعاء ورفع اليدين فيه بعد الصلوات المكتوبة، دار البشائر الإسلامية، ص ١٠٧)

[2] (حياة الصحابة، مؤسسة الرسالة، ج٤ ص٤٤٣-٦)

[3] (الإعتصام، مكتبة التوحيد، ج.٢ ص.٢٦٢)

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