What to Say After The Call For Salah
Once the call for Salah is over, one
should say: /ash-hadu allaa
ilaaha illal-laah(u), wahdahu
laa shareeka lah(u),
wa-anna muhammadan abduhu
wa-rasuuluh(u), allaahumma Salli
wa-sallim alaa abdika
wa-rasuulika Muhammad/ raDeetu
bil-laahi rabba(w), wa-bil-islami
deenaa/
Translation
(I testify that there is no god but
Allah, alone without partners, and Muhammad (pbuh) is His slave and Messenger.
O Allah! Let Your prayers and peace be upon Your slave and Messenger, Muhammad
(pbuh). I am pleased to accept Allah as my Lord, Muhammad (pbuh) as His
Messenger, and Islam as my religion).
He should add:
/allaahumma rabba
haadihid-da’watit-taamma(ti),
waS-Salaatil-qaa-ima(ti),
aati muhammadan al-waseelata
wal-faDeela(ta), wab-athhu maqaamam
mahmuudan-il-ladee wa’adtah/
Translation
(O Allah! Lord of this perfect call
and the established prayer! Grant Muhammad (pbuh) the privilege of intercession
(on the Day of Judgment) and superiority, and take him to the exalted place You
have promised him).
Then, one can supplicate Allah for
whatever one seeks for the good of this world and the hereafter.
The Prophet said, “When you hear the
prayer caller, repeat after him what he says, then pray for me.” He also said, “If,
on hearing the call for prayer, one says, ‘I testify that there is no god but
Allah, alone without partners, and Muhammad (pbuh) is His slave and Messenger.
O Allah! Let Your prayers and peace be upon Your slave and Messenger, Muhammad
(pbuh). I am pleased to accept Allah as my Lord, Muhammad (pbuh) as His
Messenger, and Islam as my religion,’ his sins will be forgiven.”
According to the Hadith, “If, on
hearing the call for prayer, one says, ‘O Allah! Lord of this perfect call and
the established prayer! Grant Muhammad (pbuh) the privilege of intercession (on
the Day of Judgment) and superiority, and take him to the exalted place You
have promised him,’ one will be eligible for my intercession on the Resurrection
Day.”
The Prophet also said, “No
supplication is rejected between the call for prayer and the start of prayer.”
