Should I Read Full Durood after Du’a?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Should we read Durood before and after making the du’a, or should we read the full Durood Ibrahim? Or can we just say “Allahuma salli ‘alla Muhammed wa ‘ala Ali Muhammad? Which is sufficient?
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate
Among the emphasized sunnas of prayer is to send blessings upon the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) which is what Imam Muhammad (Allah have mercy on him) mentioned, when he was asked,
للَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ❁ كَمَا صَلَّيْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ ❁ إنَّكَ حَمِيْدٌ مَجِيْدٌ ❁ اللَّهُمَّ بَارِكْ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّدٍ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ❁ كَمَا بَارَكْتَ عَلَىٰ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ وَعَلَىٰ آلِ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ ❁ إنَّكَ حَمِيْدٌ مَجِيْدٌ
If someone was to suffice on the above, as you mentioned, he has not completed the emphasized sunna; nevertheless, his prayer is valid. [Shurunbulali, Nur al-Idah; Ibn ’Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar]
I pray you are well.
I pray this helps with your question.
[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
