Question #341:
A brother asks how is Alḥamdulillāh a Duʿāʾ. Does not Duʿāʾ mean to request something from Allāh?
قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَفْضَلُ الذِّكْرِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَأَفْضَلُ الدُّعَاءِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ. رواه الترمذي (3383) وحسنة الحافظ ابن حجر رحمه الله
Answer:
The duʿāʾ is of two types:
- Duʿāʾ Masʾala, duʿāʾ of request and seeking from Allāh
- Duʿāʾ ʿIbādah, duʿāʾ of worship
So Alḥamdulillāh in this ḥadīth is Duʿāʾ ʿIbādah not Duʿāʾ Masʾala.
Answered by: Shaykh Abul-Yamān ʿAdnān al-Masqarī حفظه الله
Translated by: Abū Hārūn Muḥammad ʿAbdin-Nūr