Recommendation of Duaa at the time of Quraan Completion

Invocation at the time of the completion (of the Qur’an) is recommended with an emphatic, forceful recommendation, for (the reasons) already given.

We related in the Musnad of al-Darimi from Humaid al-A’raj, may Allah have mercy on him, who said: “Whoever recites the Qur’an and thereafter makes an invocation, 40 000 angels say ‘Amin’ to his invocation.”

It is befitting that he should beseech and implore in his invocation. He should make invocations concerning important matters, using comprehensive words. The majority of his invocation - or all of it - should be to do with matters of the Hereafter; for the affairs of the Muslims, the righteousness of their ruler and other administrators of their affairs; for their guidance [tawfiq] towards obedience and their being protected from disobedience; for their co-operation in righteousness [birr] and godliness [taqwa]; for their upholding the truth and uniting upon it; and for their overcoming the enemies of the religion and other opponents. I have indicated towards some such words in the book “Adab al-Qurra’” and mentioned therein some concise invocations for the one who desires to copy them from it.

When he finishes the completion (of the Qur’an) then it is recommended to start another one immediately, for certainly the pious predecessors deemed that to be desirable, using as support the following hadith: on the authority of Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Messenger of Allah said, “The best of deeds are al-Hall and al-Rihlah.” It was asked, “What are they?” He replied, “The beginning of the (recitation of the) Qur’an and its completion.”

From Imam al-Nawawi's Kitab al-Tilawah al-Qur'an

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