Reference: al-Bid’u wal-Muhdathaat wa maa laa Asla lahu p382
Majallah al-Buhooth al-Islaamiyyah v46 p198
Question: They say that supplicating for the parents in the obligatory prayers is not permissible and nor is passing over to them the reward for completing the Qur.aan or the tawaaf.
Response: There is no harm in supplicating in the prayer either for oneself of for one’s parents [or other than them], rather this is legislated. The Prophet ﷺ said:
– narrated by Muslim.
And he ﷺ said:
– also narrated by Muslim.
And in the two Saheehs’ (of Imaam al-Bukhaaree and Imaam Muslim), on the authority of Ibn Mas’ood رضي الله عنه, that when the Prophet ﷺ taught him the tashahhud, he said:
And in another narration:
What is implied here is before the tasleem, so if he supplicates in the sujood or at the end of the prayer, for himself, his parents or the Muslims, there is no harm ([in this] for what is mentioned of the generalness of these ahaadeeth and other than them. As for passing the reward for reciting [the Qur.aan] or performing tawaaf for one’s parents or other than them from the Muslims, then this is an issue where there is a difference of opinion amongst the scholars. That which is better, is to leave this since no evidence exists for its permissibility. Acts of worship are permanently stipulated, so nothing is to be practised unless legislated by the Sharee’ah, for the Prophet ﷺ said:
– this [narration] is agreed upon [by both Imaam al-Bukhaaree and Imaam Muslim].
And in another narration:
– narrated by Muslim.
And Allaah is the Expounder of Success.
