Al-Haythami (rahimullaah) was amongst the great scholars of Islaam and may Allaah reward him immensely for his efforts. So his ruling on the hadeeth puts alot of weight, its not just any random individual. It is upto each individual whose opinion they follow. To each to his own as you stated
Ameen. Yeah, I hope it didn't sound like I was belittling al-Haythami, rahimullah. I know he was a great scholar. But what I was saying, is that some of the 'ullemaa had different standards and methodologies in the science of hadeeth. Some of the muhaditheen accepted narrations from innovators, aslong as they weren't callers to their bid'ah. Some accepted it from them aslong as their bid'ah was not severe. Some accepted it aslong as it didn't agree with their bid'ah. Others however, didn't accept ahadeeth from any of the people of innovation, period. This is one example that I know of, and I'm sure a person of knowledge could list many more examples. So one muhaddith may consider a hadeeth to be authentic, whilst others may consider it to be inauthentic. So as laypeople it's better to look to fataawa from the 'ullemaa rather than coming to conclusions after looking at ahadeeth.
BarakAllahu feekum for your contributions, ukhtee.
After fard salat (i.e. after saying salam), some people make Dua while others say only Tasbih Fatmi. Some people are adament that making Dua after salat is Bidat. This is causing some restraint in the cummunity speacially those who follow Imam Abu Hanifa or Shafai.
Can we make dua'a after salat.
Can we make dua'a with the imama after salat alltogether.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
It says in Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah:
Making du’aa’ after the obligatory prayers is not Sunnah if it is done by raising the hands, whether that is done by the imam alone or a member of the congregation alone, or it is done by them both together. Rather that is bid’ah, because it was not narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or any of his companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) did that. With regard to making du’aa’ without doing that (raising the hands etc.), there is nothing wrong with it, because there are some ahaadeeth concerning that.
Fataawa al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 7/103
The Committee was asked about raising the hands for du’aa’ after the five daily prayers – is it proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) raised his hands or not? If it is not proven, is it permissible to raise the hands after the five daily prayers or not?
They replied: It is not proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) raised his hands in du’aa’ after the obligatory prayers as far as we know, so raising them after the salaam of an obligatory prayer is contrary to the Sunnah.
Fataawa al-Lajnah, 7/104
The Committee also stated that saying du’aa’ out loud after the five daily prayers or regular Sunnah prayers, or reciting du’aa’ in unison as a regular practice is a reprehensible innovation (bid’ah), because it was not proven that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or his companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) did anything like that. Whoever makes du’aa’ after the obligatory or regular Sunnah prayers in unison is going against the way of Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah, and for those people to accuse those who disagree with them of being kaafirs and not belonging to Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaa’ah, is misguidance, ignorance and a distortion of the facts.
Fataawa Islamiyyah, 1/319
And Allaah knows best.
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Since this has been discussed before to a certain extent:
