Remembrances after Fard Prayer and the Sunnah That Follows

1. When a Sunnah Follows the Fard

الْقِيَامُ إِلَى السُّنَّةِ مُتَّصِلًا بِالْفَرْضِ مَسْنُونٌ

When a regular Sunnah prayer follows the Fard, the preferred pattern is not to turn the interval into a long sitting. The commentary explains that a short pause for the transmitted formula such as اللَّهُمَّ أَنْتَ السَّلَامُ وَمِنْكَ السَّلَامُ... is sufficient before standing for the Sunnah.

Other post-prayer litanies may be read between Fard and Sunnah according to one reported view, but the commentary says it is preferable to delay the longer set of remembrances until after the Sunnah. Long worldly conversation, eating or drinking does not invalidate the Sunnah, but it reduces the intended continuity and reward.

2. What the Imam Does after Salaam

The matn recommends that the Imam, when he intends voluntary prayer after the Fard, move toward his left side before praying it.

If there is no following Nafl/Sunnah, or after completing it, the Imam may turn to face the congregation. The commentary qualifies this: he should not sit directly facing another person who is still praying. The restriction is therefore about facing a praying person, not specifically about every latecomer wherever that latecomer may be standing.

3. Istighfar, Ayat al-Kursi, and the Three Closing Surahs

The text recommends after the obligatory prayer:
• seeking Allah's forgiveness three times;
• reciting Ayat al-Kursi;
• reciting the Mu'awwidhat.

The footnote explains that the plural expression here includes Surah al-Ikhlas, Surah al-Falaq, and Surah al-Nas. The earlier version taught only al-Falaq and al-Nas, which was incomplete for this edition's explanation.

4. The 33–33–33 Tasbih and Completion of One Hundred

After the prayer:
• سُبْحَانَ الله — 33 times;
• الْحَمْدُ لِلَّه — 33 times;
• اللهُ أَكْبَر — 33 times.

These make 99. The hundredth is completed by the formula: لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ، لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ.

The source does not name this sequence here as 'Tasbih of Fatimah'; the revised level simply uses the wording and count actually presented in this chapter.

5. Dua after the Remembrances

The text then says that worshippers supplicate for themselves and for the Muslims while raising their hands, and wipe their faces with their hands at the end.

This is presented as the sequence described by this Hanafi text. The wording does not require us to label every such supplication as a single congregational dua led aloud by the Imam; the text simply states that they make dua for themselves and the Muslims.

6. A Practical Sequence

If a regular Sunnah follows the Fard:
1. Give Salaam.
2. Make the brief transmitted post-Salaam remembrance.
3. Stand for the regular Sunnah without an unnecessary long interval.
4. Complete the broader remembrances and dua afterward.

If no Sunnah follows, the remembrances may be performed directly after the Fard. This sequence preserves both the matn and the commentary's clarification.