Revive this Sunnah by implementing it & teaching it to others

Revive this Sunnah by implementing it & teaching it to others 

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It is preferred to make duaa during prayer and not directly after prayer

📚 Ibn al-Qayyim said: 

"With regard to du’aa’ after the prayer facing the qiblah or facing the congregation, this is not something that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did at all. It is not narrated with a saheeh or hasan isnaad. As for doing that only after Fajr and ‘Asr prayers, he did not do that and neither did any of his successors (khulafa’), and he did not teach his ummah to do that. Rather this is something that some people thought it was good to do to make up for not offering Sunnah prayers after those prayers. And Allaah knows best.

The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) offered most of the du’aa’s that are connected to the prayer during the prayer, and he commanded us to offer them during it. This befits the state of the one who is praying, for he is facing his Lord and conversing with Him so long as he is praying. When he says the salaam that conversation comes to a close and he is no longer standing before Him and close to Him. So why should he not ask of Him whilst he is conversing with Him and close to Him and turning to Him, and then ask of Him when he has turned away from Him? Undoubtedly it is better to do the opposite. There is another subtle point to be made, which is that when the worshipper has finished praying, and he has remembered Allaah and proclaimed His oneness, glorified Him, praised Him and magnified Him by reciting the dhikrs that are prescribed following the prayer, it is mustahabb to send blessings upon the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) after that, and to make du’aa’ as he wishes, His du’aa’ should come immediately after this second act of worship, not because it is after the prayer but because it is mustahabb for anyone who remembers Allaah and praises Him and sends blessings upon the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to make du’aa’ after that, as it says in the hadeeth of Faddaalah ibn ‘Ubayd: “When any one of you prays, let him start by praising Allaah, then let him send blessings upon the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), then let him say du’aa’ however he wishes.” Al-Tirmidhi said: (it is) a saheeh hadeeth. It was also classed as saheeh by al-Haakim, and al-Dhahabi agreed with him.

[Zaad al-Ma’aad, 1/257, 258.]

📚 Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

There is nothing wrong with saying dua during prayer, whether that is for oneself or for one’s parents or anyone else. Rather that is prescribed, because the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said:

“The closest that a person is to his Lord is when he is prostrating, so say a lot of dua then.” …

He continued and said:

So if he says dua when he is prostrating or at the end of the prayer, for himself or for his parents or for the Muslims, there is nothing wrong with that, because of the general meaning of these ahadith and others.

[Fataawa Al-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 11/173,174]