Is it permissible for Imam Sahib to make dua after fardh salah? If yes, prove it by hadith or Quran and if not than give me proper answer please. And can you give answer that what Deobandi scholars have said about this action? Please give me answer.
Answer
(Fatwa: 452/465/N=1433)
In the light of hadith and the narrations of Fiqh, it is not only lawful rather masnoon and mustahab for imam and muqtadi to supplicate after fardh salah. The Ulama of Deoband favour the same. For details, read the following booklet by Hadhrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Kifayatullah Dehlavi, the Grand Mufti of India:
النفائس المرغوبة فى الدعاء بعد المكتوبة
Allah (Subhana Wa Ta’ala) knows Best
Darul Ifta,
Darul Uloom Deoband