Is reading some hadiths after the Asr prayer an innovation?

Question : Honorable Shaykh! A questioner says: In some mosques, especially after the Asr prayer, one of the brothers reads one or three hadiths from the book *Riyad al-Salihin*. Is this practice considered an innovation?

Answer : No, this practice is not an innovation, but it is teaching the people. The Muslims have continued to do this without objection. Knowledge has no fixed time; whenever a person sees it appropriate to teach the people, let him do so. Since people have become accustomed to the hadith after the Asr prayer, they are prepared for it, waiting for the imam to read. In fact, if he does not read it on a given day for some reason, they stand up as if they have lost something. The one who reads the hadith after the Asr prayer does not worship by making this hadith after this prayer a means of nearness to Allah, but he worships by teaching the people and sees that this time is the most suitable. The difference between these two is clear.