Dua at completion of quran in taraweeh
| Fatwa #1420 | Category: Prayer (Salaat) | Country: Zambia | Date: 22nd March 2025 |
| Fatwa #1420 | Date: 22nd March 2025 |
| Category: Prayer (Salaat) | |
| Country: Zambia | |
Question
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
My question is regarding the long congregational dua at the completion of the quran in taraaweeh? Is it part of the sunnah? Did the prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam and/or the sahabah also make this kind of dua ? What is the basis of this practice?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
A khatam of the Holy Quran is an auspicious and blessed occasion. At this blessed time, dua is accepted. See the following,
عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلى الله عَليهِ وسَلم سُئِلَ: أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ: الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ، قِيلَ: وَمَا الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ؟ قَالَ: صَاحِبُ الْقُرْآنِ يَضْرِبُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ، وَمِنْ آخِرِهِ إِلَى أَوَّلِهِ كُلَّمَا حَلَّ ارْتَحَلَ
Translation: “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) was asked, which good deed is the best? He replied, Al-Haal wal Murtahil. He was asked, what is Al-Haal wal Murtahil? He replied, the person of the Quran who sets out from the beginning of the Quran till he completes it (Khatam) and thereafter sets forth again from the end till the beginning (i.e. restarts a Khatam). Each time he completes it, he begins it anew.” (Daarami-3803)
عن العرباض بن سارية قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: من صلى صلاة فريضة فله دعوة مستجابة، ومن ختم القرآن فله دعوة مستجابة
Translation: “Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) said, whosoever performs a fardh Salah will have an accepted Dua. Whosoever completes a Quran (Khatam) will have an accepted Dua.” (Mujamul Kabeer-647)
It was also the practice of the pious predecessors to make dua or attend the Majlis at the time of a Khatam of the Holy Quran.[1]
وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا خَتَمَ الْقُرْآنَ جَمَعَ وَلَدَهُ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ فَدَعَا لَهُمْ وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ رَقِيبًا، فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْتِمَ قَالَ لِجُلَسَائِهِ: قُومُوا حَتَّى نَحْضُرَ الْخَاتِمَةَ
Translation: “It was the practice of Anas ibn Malik (Radhiyallahu Anhu) that when he used to finish a khatam, he would gather his entire household and make Dua. Ibn Abbas (Radhiyallahu Anhu) appointed a man to come and alert him whenever someone was about to complete a Khatam in Masjidun Nabawi. When the time came, he would say to his companions, come let us witness the Khatam.”
عَنِ الْحَكَمِ قَالَ: بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ مُجَاهِدٌ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا دَعَوْنَاكَ أَنَّا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْتِمَ الْقُرْآنَ، وَأَنَّهُ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يُسْتَجَابُ عِنْدَ خَتْمِ الْقُرْآنِ، قَالَ: فَدَعَوْا بِدَعَوَاتٍ.
Translation: “Hakam reports that once the great Mufassir Mujahid (Rahimahullah) sent for me. When I went to him, he said, we only called you because we wanted to do a Khatam and it has reached us that Dua is accepted at the time of a khatam. So, they all then made Dua upon the Khatam.” (Daarami-3811)
In light of the above, dua after the khatam in Taraweeh is also recommended. The time is extremely blessed as the khatam has occurred during the blessed month of Ramadhan inside Taraweeh salah.
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Mufti Bilal Pandor
Concurred by
Mufti Muhammad Patel
Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah
Lusaka, Zambia
مختصر قيام الليل وقيام رمضان وكتاب الوتر (ص: 260) [1]
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى , أَخْبَرَنَا صَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ , عَنْ أَيُّوبَ , عَنْ أَبِي قِلَابَةَ: فِي حَدِيثٍ كَانَ يَرْفَعُهُ: «مَنْ شَهِدَ فَاتِحَةَ الْقُرْآنِ حِينَ يُسْتَفْتَحُ كَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَ فَتْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ , وَمَنْ شَهِدَ خَاتِمَتَهُ حِينَ يُخْتَمُ كَانَ كَمَنْ شَهِدَ الْغَنَائِمَ حِينَ قُسِّمَتْ» وَكَانَ أَنَسٌ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ إِذَا خَتَمَ الْقُرْآنَ جَمَعَ وَلَدَهُ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ فَدَعَا لَهُمْ ” وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مِنْ أَوَّلِهِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ فِي مَسْجِدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ يَجْعَلُ عَلَيْهِ رَقِيبًا , فَإِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْتِمَ قَالَ لِجُلَسَائِهِ: «قُومُوا حَتَّى نَحْضُرَ الْخَاتِمَةَ»