Loud Tahlil After the Salah

 

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

الصلاة والسلام عليك يا سيدى يا رسول الله وعلى آلك واصحابك يا سيدى يا نور الله

In the Name of Allah, the Rahman, the Merciful

Prayers and peace be upon you, my Master, Apostle of Allah

And upon your Family and Companions, my Master, Light of Allah

It is observed that in many Sunni Mosques the congregation recites the Tahlil—La elaha illa Allah—loudly after the conclusion of the Salah. Some Muslims have objected to this practice and some have even declared it a reprehensible innovation. However, this practice is strongly established from the authentic Hadith. Hence, sayyiduna Abdullah ibnuz-Zubair, radi Allahu anhuma, narrates:

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُهَلِّلُ بِهِنَّ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلاَةٍ

The Messenger of Allah, sall Allahu alaihi wasallam, used to make Tahlil like this after every Salah (Sahih Muslim)

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas, radi Allahu anhuma, narrates that the Dhikr which was recited at the conclusion of the congregational Salah was recited loudly:

أَنَّ رَفْعَ الصَّوْتِ بِالذِّكْرِ حِينَ يَنْصَرِفُ النَّاسُ مِنَ الْمَكْتُوبَةِ كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏

The people raised their voices in Dhikr after the Maktubat (mandatory Salah) in the time of the Prophet, sall Allahu alaihi wasallam (Sahih al-Bukhari)