#810: Ruling on saying the Ta’amīn to other than the end of Sūratu Al-Fatihah

810. QUESTION

“As-salaamu alaikum Sheikh. زادك الله علما. Some groups believe that ta’meen (saying aameen) to a prayer other than the one at the end of surah faatihah is bid’ah. Could you please benefit us with evidences and explanation in support or against this belief Jazaakallaahu khaira”

ANSWER:

Wa Alaykum Salām Warahmatullāh Wabarakātuh.

Amīn to your Du’ā and May Allāh unite us under His shade on a Day when there is no shade but His Shade, amīn.

The Sayers of this statement need be questioned further on the reasons for their statements.

What seems apparent from the wordings of this question is that reference here is to the Ta’amīn that is said in Congregation.

As for this, then it is either such a congregational Ta’amīn is done at situations that were recorded from the Rasūl -salallāhu alayhi wasallam – such as in the Qunūt and the likes, as for these, there is no doubt that it is permissible and there are Ahādith to this effect. And we don’t think anyone with the least knowledge of the Sharī’ah will claim otherwise.

Or it is in places and situations the likes of which were not recorded from the Rasūl -salallāhu alayhi wasallam. In these situations, the majority of the Ulamā have permitted it as long as the essence of the gathering is not the Du’ā and it is not made into a norm that is done Everytime.

What we have stated here is the Fatwah of Shaykhu Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah in Majmū’atu Al-Fatāwah. it is also the known position of Imām Ahmad, Is’hāq bn Rāhawayh and among the scholars of contemporary times, Shaykh Muhammad bn Sālih Al-‘Uthaymīn and Shaykh ‘Abdul ‘Azīz bn ‘Abdullah Ibn Bāz rahimahumullāh.

That said, we ask Allāh for Guidance and Tawfīq. What is the “Āmīn”? Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalānī Rahimahullāh maintained in the Fat’h that the majority of the Ulamā hold that it means “O Allāh answer (the prayer)” and this is why some of the Ulamā preferred that you say the Āmīn at the end of your own prayers yourself. There is a weak Hadīth to this effect but as stated the Hadīth is weak.

In summary, the matter of the Ta’amīn is open and there is no strictness to it because it is a prayer on it’s own. What is expected of the one who says it’s a Bid’ah to say it at the end of other than Sūratu Al-Fatihah is to present a proof to that effect. And Allāh knows best.

Bārakallāhu Fīkum
Jazakumullāhu Khayran.

8th Shawwal, 1440AH.

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