Waminkas Sal?m, Tab?rakt? Ya Thal Jalali Wal Ikr?m”. When the Im?m moves away from his place, one may leave his, and he could also stay and recite the Athk?r’. (1)
The aforementioned ruling of Ibn Taymiyyah rests on the prophet’s ( - ) had?th -narrated by Muslim in his “Sah?h” traced back to Anas ( - رضي الله عنه -) - which states: ‘O people! Verily, I am your Im?m, so do not preced me in Ruk?‘, Suj?d, Qiy?m or leaving [the praying place]’. (2)
[3/ 49] When one sits at the end of Sal?t and recites du‘?’, one should commit oneself to the affirmed, authentic Athk?r mentioned in the prophet’s ( - ) ah?d?th which are reported in the Sunnah compilations such as: The Sih?h, Sunnan, and Mas?n?d. He ( - ) used to recite them at the end of his Sal?t before Tasl?m and used to teach them to his Sah?bah and order them to recite them.
No doubt that reciting du‘?’ immediately after Sal?t; after talking to All?h ( - ), is not proper; that is why the prophet ( - ) used to recite du‘?’ in his Sal?t and during talking to his Rabb; this would be more proper. (3)
Shaikh Ibn B?z said: ‘It is not proved that the prophet ( - ) used to raise his hands [to recite du‘?’] after performing the obligatory Sal?t, nor did his Sah?bah ( - ). Accordingly, what people do of raising their hands after performing Sal?t to recite du‘?’ is a Bid‘ah’. (4)
(1) “Al-Fat?w?” by Ibn Taymiyyah (vol. 22 / p. 505) and “Tam?mul Minnah” (pp. 280 - 1).
(2) Narrated by Muslim in his “Sah?h” (no. 426).
The word “leaving” in the had?th was also interpreted as reciting Tasl?m.
Ibn Khuzimah entitled a whole chapter in his “Sah?h” (vol. 3 / p. 107 / no. 1716) with: “The warning against leaving Sal?t [i.e. the praying place] before the Im?m does”.
In “Naylul Awt?r” (vol. 3 / pp. 173 - 4), it is clearly stated that the interpretation of the word “leaving” in the had?th is “to leave one’s praying place before the Im?m does”.
(3) See: “Fat?w?” Ibn Taymiyyah (vol. 22 / p. 500).
(4) “Al-Fat?w?” (vol. 1 / p. 74).