What is your opinion of some of the students of knowledge in our lands who exaggerate in applying the Sunnah?

Question:
What is your opinion of some of the students of knowledge in our lands who exaggerate in applying the Sunnah? They exaggerate. Yes, indeed. One of them went out on a Friday with some of the common people on a land trip, and the time for prayer came. They had cars with which they could go to the mosque, but he told them, "We want to pray the Friday prayer in the open desert, in order to apply the Sunnah of praying in sandals." And when someone opposed them in this view, they argued against him with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) This matter, O Honorable Shaykh, has become widespread among us in our lands.

Answer:
This is compounded ignorance; it is not simple ignorance. This is compounded ignorance, may Allah protect us from it. The Friday prayer is not established except with the conditions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In all his travels, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not pray the Friday prayer. In all his travels, he never prayed it in the open desert, and he did not pray it on the Day of 'Arafah, because his standing there coincided with Friday. He did not pray the Friday prayer. It is not reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from his Companions, that they prayed the Friday prayer during their travels.
Rather, the Friday prayer is prayed in towns, in the major cities and settled villages where the Friday prayer is established. And this is ignorance on his part.
That is, he prays the Friday prayer for the sake of the sandals. This indicates his ignorance. For the sake of praying in sandals, in the middle of the year, he abandons the prayer and prays an invalid prayer. He prays in sandals. This indicates his ignorance and that it is terrible ignorance, may Allah protect us from it.