What a man says when he finishes the prayer

Silah bin Zufar said: Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to say these words after the prayer: "O Allah, You are Peace, and from You alone comes peace; You are blessed, the Possessor of Majesty and Honour." Then I prayed beside Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), and he too said these same words. I said to him: "I heard Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saying these same words as well." At that, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr said: "the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say these words."

Warrad said: Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him): "What words did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) use to say after giving the salam of the prayer?" Sayyiduna al-Mughirah dictated those words to me and sent them to Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah. In that letter he wrote that after giving the salam, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say these words: "There is no god but Allah, He is alone, He has no partner. To Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise, and He has power over all things. O Allah, none can withhold what You give, and none can give what You withhold. A person's wealth, riches and children cannot benefit him against You."

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), many times, say after giving the salam: "Glorified is your Lord, the Lord of Might, free of the polytheism of the disbelievers; peace be upon all the messengers; and all praise belongs to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds."

Husayn bin Yazid al-Tha'labi said: After finishing the prayer, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say these words: "O Allah, I ask You for the deeds that make Your mercy certain, and I ask You for the means of Your forgiveness. I ask You for the ability to do every good deed and for safety from every sin. O Allah, I ask You for success in attaining Paradise and for refuge from Hell. O Allah, wipe away my every sin, remove my every worry, and fulfil my every need."

Jarir said: When Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) gave the salam, he used to say: "There is no god but Allah; we worship none but Him."

Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: After giving the salam, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say these words: "O Allah, You are Peace, and from You alone comes peace." In the narration of Sayyiduna Abdullah (bin Mas'ud) (may Allah be pleased with him) there is this addition: "And to You alone belongs peace; You are blessed, O Possessor of Majesty and Honour."

Mughirah said: When Ibrahim gave the salam, he would turn towards us and say: "There is no god but Allah, He is alone, He has no partner."

Abu al-Bakhtari said: Abidah and I passed through the mosque while Mus'ab was leading the people in prayer. When he finished the prayer, he said in a loud voice: "There is no god but Allah, Allah is the Greatest." On hearing this, Abidah said: "May Allah destroy him! He openly practises innovations."

Ibn Abi al-Hudhayl said: When the early generations finished the prayer, they used to say these words: "O Allah, You are Peace, and from You alone comes peace; You are blessed, the Possessor of Majesty and Honour."

Yahya bin Sa'id said: I mentioned to al-Qasim that a man from Yemen had told me that when the imam gave the salam of an obligatory prayer, the people would say "Allahu akbar" or "La ilaha illa Allah" three times. At that, al-Qasim said: "By Allah! Sayyiduna Ibn al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with him) also used to do just that."

Al-A'mash said: Ibrahim was asked: "If the imam, after giving the salam, says 'Salla Allahu ala Muhammad' (may Allah send blessings upon Muhammad) or 'wa la ilaha illa Allah' (and there is no god but Allah), what is the ruling?" He said: "The early generations did not do this."

Abu al-Bakhtari said: This is an innovation (bid'ah).

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said: The perfection of the prayer is that, after finishing the prayer, you say these words three times: "There is no god but Allah, He is alone, He has no partner. To Him belongs the dominion and to Him belongs all praise, and He has power over all things."