Is the Supplication at the End of the Qur’an Authentic?

Source Attribution

This excerpt is taken from the book Aḥkām wa Masā’il in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah by Shaykh Mubashir Ahmad Rabbani.

❖ Question:​

Generally, at the end of the Noble Qur’an, a supplication is written:
اللهم آنس وحشتي في قبري
after completing the Qur’an. Is this supplication established from any authentic ḥadīth?

✿ Answer:​

In the Indian subcontinent (Pakistan and India), the commonly printed copies of the Noble Qur’an often contain the following supplication at the end:

اللهم آنس وحشتي في قبري، اللهم ارحمني بالقرآن العظيم

This narration has been reported by al-Daylamī in his Musnad through the chain:
Layth bin Muḥammad → Aḥmad bin ʿAbdullāh bin Khālid → al-Walīd bin Muslim → Sālim al-Khayyāṭ → al-Ḥasan → Abū Umāmah رضي الله عنه (marfūʿ).

There are several reasons why this narration is unreliable:

① In this chain, Aḥmad bin ʿAbdullāh al-Jawbarī is well known for fabricating narrations.
② Layth bin Muḥammad is also declared abandoned (matrūk).
③ Sālim bin ʿAbdullāh al-Khayyāṭ is unknown (majhūl).
④ al-Walīd bin Muslim and al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī both practiced tadlīs, and their narrations here are disconnected.

Therefore, this narration is false and fabricated, and no authentic chain exists for it.

Reference: Silsilat al-Aḥādīth al-Ḍaʿīfah: 6/63, ḥadīth no. 2548

Reference: Mawsūʿat al-Aḥādīth wa al-Āthār al-Ḍaʿīfah wa al-Mawḍūʿah: 1/470