The ruling on reciting Surat al-Ikhlas ten times after the prayers
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The questioner:
Following this, a message was received for the program from one of the female listeners. She says: Your sister in Allah, Umm Jihad, from Libya, has a number of questions. In one of them she says: After the Duha prayer, I recite Surat al-Ikhlas ten times, and likewise after the Maghrib prayer. Is this act considered a bid'ah (religious innovation) and does it carry sin? Or do you direct me to something else?
The Shaykh:
What is prescribed is to recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, and Surat al-Falaq, and the Qur'an says:[An-Nas 114:1] after the Fajr prayer and after the Maghrib prayer, three times, each surah three times. As for after the other prayers—the Zuhr prayer, the 'Asr prayer, and the 'Isha' prayer—they are recited once each. As for ten times, there is no evidence for it, and if
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Is it a bid'ah if I did that, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if you do something for which there is no evidence, then it is a bid'ah. A person may exert effort (ijtihad) and not realize he is mistaken until later. What is your guidance?
The questioner:
Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
In our view, we are not held accountable for anything, praise be to Allah, and in the record is error and forgetfulness, and thanks be to Allah.
The questioner:
But if the truth is not clear to a person, what is required of him, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
He acts according to the truth and abandons the error. Yes, and it is not an excuse after that.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
Following this, a message was received for the program from one of the female listeners. She says: Your sister in Allah, Umm Jihad, from Libya, has a number of questions. In one of them she says: After the Duha prayer, I recite Surat al-Ikhlas ten times, and likewise after the Maghrib prayer. Is this act considered a bid'ah (religious innovation) and does it carry sin? Or do you direct me to something else?
The Shaykh:
What is prescribed is to recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, and Surat al-Falaq, and the Qur'an says:
Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِThe questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Is it a bid'ah if I did that, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Yes, if you do something for which there is no evidence, then it is a bid'ah. A person may exert effort (ijtihad) and not realize he is mistaken until later. What is your guidance?
The questioner:
Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
In our view, we are not held accountable for anything, praise be to Allah, and in the record is error and forgetfulness, and thanks be to Allah.
The questioner:
But if the truth is not clear to a person, what is required of him, Shaykh?
The Shaykh:
He acts according to the truth and abandons the error. Yes, and it is not an excuse after that.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نور على الدرب 066 من المجموعة الثانية للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (4:14)
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