Collective dhikr before or after the prayer is a forbidden innovation

Question:
A message was sent from Hadramaut, Yemen, by a listener who indicated his name with the letters S, M, and 'Ayn. He says: In our village, all the worshippers perform collective dhikr in a loud voice in the mosque before the 'Asr prayer, and after the prayer they likewise engage in loud, collective glorification, tasbih, and seeking forgiveness. What is the ruling on this? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Collective dhikr before or after the prayer is a forbidden innovation (bid'ah) and is not permissible, because it is an act that is not prescribed. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . What is prescribed is that every Muslim remembers Allah to himself, separate from the others, without being tied to a collective voice or one person calling and the rest responding, all of which is among the innovations for which the Muslim sins and receives no reward. So you must abandon this bad custom because it is newly invented, and every newly invented matter is an innovation, every innovation is misguidance,