Is there any du’aa’ in the Sunnah for after one has completed the Qur’aan?

 

I hope that you can send me the du’aa’ for completing the Qur'aan as narrated in the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).

Praise be to Allaah.

There is no specific du’aa’ narrated in the Sunnah for after
one has completed the Qur’aan, or even from the companions of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or the well-known imams.
One of the most well-known du’aa’s regarding this matter is the du’aa’ which
is written at the end of many Mus-hafs and it attributed to Shaykh al-Islam
Ibn Taymiyah (may Allaah have mercy on him), but there is no basis for
attributing it to him. See Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 14/226. 

The du’aa’ after completing the Qur’aan is recited either
after completing it whilst praying, or when not praying. There is no basis
for reciting any du’aa’ after completing it whilst praying. As for reciting
a du’aa’ after completing it when not praying, it is narrated that Anas (may
Allaah be pleased with him) did that. 

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was
asked: What is the ruling on making du’aa’ after completing the Qur’aan in
night prayers in Ramadaan?  

He replied: 

I do not know of any du’aa’ for completing the Qur’aan in
night prayers in Ramadaan, either from the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) or from his companions. The most that has been
narrated concerning that is that when Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah have mercy
on him) had completed a reading of the Qur’aan, he would gather his family
and make du’aa’. This had to do with reading it outside of prayer. End
quote. 

Fataawa Arkaan al-Islam, p. 354 

Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd wrote a useful essay on this issue, at
the end of which he said: 

From the quotations in the two previous sections we may draw
the following conclusion: 

1 – Du’aa’ upon completion of the Qur’aan in general: 

The conclusion concerning this is as follows: 

Firstly: 

What we have stated above has to do with du’aa’ upon
completion of the Qur’aan in general. 

There is no proof that the Prophet (peace and blessings
of Allaah be upon him) did that, rather the reports are either mawdoo’
(fabricated) or are da’eef (weak) with no other reports to strengthen them.
It is almost certain that there are no marfoo’ reports concerning this
matter that can be relied upon, because the scholars who wrote
comprehensively about the sciences of the Qur’aan and the dhikrs to be
recited in connection with the Qur’aan, such as al-Nawawi, Ibn Katheer,
al-Qurtubi and al-Suyooti, did not narrate anything other than what we have
referred to above. If they had known of any reports with stronger isnaads,
they would have quoted them.

Secondly: 

There is a saheeh report that Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be
pleased with him) said du’aa’ when he completed the Qur’aan, and he would
gather his family and children for that, and that a number of the Taabi’een
followed him in that, as mentioned in the report of Mujaahid ibn Jabr (may
Allaah have mercy on them all). 

Thirdly: 

There is no suggestion in the texts of Imam Abu Haneefah and
Imam al-Shaafa’i (may Allaah have mercy on them) that this is Islamically
prescribed. 

What is narrated from Imam Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on
him) is that this is not something that the people did, and that completing
the Qur’aan in night prayers in Ramadaan is not Sunnah. 

Fourthly: 

The view that it is mustahabb to make du’aa’ after completing
the Qur’aan is what is narrated from Imam Ahmad (may Allaah have mercy on
him), as our Hanbali scholars narrated from him, and as was affirmed by some
later scholars of the other three madhhabs. 

2 – Du’aa’ following completion of the Qur’aan in prayer 

This may be summed up as follows:  

Firstly: 

From what is quoted above, there is no one letter from the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) or from one of his
companions (may Allaah be pleased with them) to indicate that it is
Islamically prescribed to recite this du’aa’ in prayer after completing the
Qur’aan, before or after bowing, whether that is done by an imam or by one
who is praying alone. 

Secondly: 

The closest we can find on this matter is what was quoted by
the scholars of our madhhab from the report from Imam Ahmad (may Allaah have
mercy on him), according to the report of Hanbal, al-Fadl and al-Harbi, the
isnaad of which we cannot find, about saying the du’aa’ for completing the
Qur’aan in Taraweeh prayer before bowing. 

According to another report narrated from him – the source of
which is not known – he allowed it in the du’aa’ of Witr. 

See Marwiyaat Du’aa’ Khatm al-Qur’aan. 

See also the answer to question no.
12949 

And Allaah knows best.