QUESTION:
How should the Dua after the fardh Salaah be recited ?
ANSWER:
Must be according to the Sunnah, namely…
SOFT…..
اُدْعُوۡا رَبَّكُمْ تَضَرُّعًا وَّخُفْیَۃً ؕ اِنَّہٗ لَا یُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِیۡنَ ﴿ۚ۵۵﴾
“Call your Rabb in humility and softly. Verily, He does not like those who overstep the limits (who do things that are against the Shari’ah).”
[Surah A`raaf, Aayat 55]
Must be according to the Sunnah, namely…
short…..
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِذَا سَلَّمَ لَمْ يَقْعُدْ إِلاَّ مِقْدَارَ مَا يَقُولُ “ اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلاَمُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلاَمُ تَبَارَكْتَ يَا ذَا الْجَلاَلِ وَالإِكْرَامِ ” .
Hadhrat Aisha h reports, “When Rasulullah g said the Salaam (at the end of Salaat), he would sit only for as long as it took to say: ‘Allahumma Antas-Salam wa minkas-salam. Tabarakta ya Dhal-jalali wal- ikram. (O Allah, You are As-Salam, From You is all peace, blessed are You O Possessor of majesty and honour).’” [Ibn Majah – Saheeh]
ACCORDING TO ALL FOUR MATHAHIB IT IS SUNNAH TO RECITE THE DUAA AFTER FARDH SALAAH INAUDIBLY (SILENTLY)