Taken from the ‘Original Sifat as-Salah‘
By Shaykh Muhadith Nasir as-Sunnah ,Muhammad Nasir- Deen Al-Albaani
Translated by Abbas Abu Yahya
‘The Messenger -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to say: ‘If one of you finishes from the [last] Tashahud; then he should seek refuge with Allaah from four things; [he says:
- from the punishment of the Hell-Fire,
- and from the punishment of the grave,
- and from the Fitna of life and death,
- and from the evil of the Fitna (trials) of the Maseeh ad-Dajjal.’
He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- would make Dua’ with it in Tashahud]
He -sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam- used to teach it to his Companions -Radi Allaahu anhum- just as he would teach them a Soorah from the Qur’aan.
Note:
The majority of scholars held the view that this Du`a’ (supplication) falls under the category of stressed Sunnah. It was been reported on the authority of Tawus, one of the great Tabi`un (Followers, the generation after the Companions of the Prophet) that this Du`a’ is obligatory. Tawus is also reported to have ordered his son to repeat his Salah when he knew that he did not recite this Du`a’. This indicates that such Du`a’ is a stressed Sunnah, which the Mu’min should not miss in obligatory or voluntary Salah.
Source: Fatwas of Nur `Ala Al-Darb - alifta.net
via: http://muslimfortress.abdurrahman.org/2011/12/03/seeking-refuge-from-four-things-before-the-dua-in-tashahud/
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originally posted 5/15/2014
