The preacher called out, saying, "Help, O Allah." When we rebuked him for it, he said, "So that the worshippers of the graves know that we call upon Allah alone."

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. There is a preacher who says in his sermon, "Help, O Allah," and he repeats it. When we rebuked him for it, he said, "So that the worshippers of the graves know that we call upon Allah alone with this." Is his action prescribed?

Answer:
No, there is no "Help, O Allah" in supplication. Is there a text from the Prophetic supplications, or in the Qur'an, or in the Sunnah that provides us with this phrase? If not, then this is an innovation (bid'ah) and also resembles the worshippers of the graves. Yes.