496. Dua at the end of a sitting/gathering
اَللَّهُمَّ اقْسِمْ لَنَا مِنْ خَشْيَتِكَ مَا يَحُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ مَعَاصِيْكَ وَمِنْ طَاعَتِكَ مَا تُبَلِّغُنَا بِهِ جَنَّتَكَ وَمِنَ الْيَقِيْنِ مَا تُهَوِّنُ بِهِ عَلَيْنَا مُصِيْبَاتِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتِّعْنَا بِأَسْمَاعِنَا وَأَبْصَارِنَا وَقُوَّتِنَا مَا أَحْيَيْتَنَا وَاجْعَلْهُ الْوَارِثَ مِنَّا وَاجْعَلْ ثَأْرَنَا عَلَى مَنْ ظَلَمَنَا وَانْصُرْنَا عَلَى مَنْ عَادَانَا وَلَا تَجْعَلْ مُصِيْبَتَنَا فِي دِيْنِنَا وَلَا تَجْعَلِ الدُّنْيَا أَكْبَرَ هَمِّنَا وَلَا مَبْلَغَ عِلْمِنَا وَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيْنَا مَنْ لَا يَرْحَمُنَا
Allaahum-maq-sim la-naa min khash-yatika maa ya'hoolu baynanaa wa bayna ma‛aa-seeka, wa min taa‘a-tika maa tuballi-ghunaa bihi jan-nataka, wa mi-nal-yaqee-ni maa tu-hauwinu bihi ‛alaynaa musib-atid-dunyaa, wa matt'iena bi asmaa‛i-naa, wa absaa-rinaa, wa qoo-wati-naa maa a'h-yay-tanaa, waj‛al-hul-waaritha min-naa, waj‛al tha’ra-naa ‛alaa man zala-manaa, wan-sur-naa ‛alaa man ‛aa-daa-naa, wa laa taj‛al mu-seeba-ta-naa fee dee-ni-naa, wa laa taj‛a-lid-dunyaa akbara ham-minaa, wa laa mab-lagha ‛il-minaa, wa laa tusal-lit ‛alay-naa man laa yar-'hamunaa
O Allah, give us such fear that will serve as a barrier between us and acts of disobedience; and give us such obedience that will take us to Your Paradise; and such certainty as will make easy for us to bear in the calamities of this world. O Allah! let us enjoy our hearing, our sight and our strength as long as You keep us alive and keep our senses healthy and sound until the day We die, and make our revenge restricted to those who oppressed us, and support us against those who are hostile to us, and give us not trial in our religion; and let not worldly affairs be our principal concern, or the ultimate limit of our knowledge, and let not those dominate us who do not show mercy to us.
Abdullah bin Umar (RA) said, The Prophet (ﷺ) used to say this dua before leaving the Majlis and seldom left the Majlis without praying for his companions. This hadith is Hasan. [Tirmidhi (49-Kitabud Dawaat, 80-Baab) 5/ 492-493] In another narration, Tabi'i Nafi said, “Abdullah ibn Umar (RA) would not have stood from a meeting without saying these words for the people sitting in the meeting. [Nasai, As-Sunanul Kubra 6/106; Ibn al-Athir, Jamiul Usul 4/279] It is to be noted that the Prophet (ﷺ), the Companions of his Majlis, Abdullah Ibn Umar (RA) or the people of his Majlis did not raise their hands in supplication. We have seen that the Companions were very interested and diligent in narrating the Sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ). They have described if raising hands during supplication is permissible in this particular case. That is why it is proved that the sunnah is not to be raised. Besides, we have seen that raising the hand during dua is a manners of dua. The Prophet (ﷺ) sometimes supplicated alone and sometimes with the Companions. In the light of this hadith, it is understood that at the end of the meeting, the speaker will say the words of the supplication and the people present will say Amin. If everyone sometimes raises their hands and supplicates, there is no chance of it being considered illegal or bidat. However, depending on the hadith of general virtue, it is bid'ah to consider it necessary to raise one's hand in the case of such duas or to consider it unlawful not to raise one's hand. Since the matter is open, in the light of hadith, the matter must be kept open.