The ruling on seeking refuge from Satan after yawning

Question : A man who, every time he yawns, says, “I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan.”

Answer : What do we say to him? It is a bid'ah (religious innovation), a bid'ah. If he says, “How can it be a bid'ah when the Prophet said and Allah said in His Book ,” we say: This is not what is intended; this is not what is meant by the pricking.
What is meant by the pricking is that he pricks you to commit a sin or to abandon an obligatory duty, so you seek refuge in Allah. As for this, it is not a pricking, but it indicates laziness, and Satan loves for the children of Adam to be lazy. The evidence for this is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) commanded the one who yawns to suppress it as much as he can, and if he could not, to place his hand over his mouth. He did not command him to seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. Here, the cause existed in the time of the Messenger, and he did not make it a cause. So, the act of worship must conform to the Shari'ah in its cause.