Position on Books of Unverified Supplications

Question:
Among her questions, she says: Honorable Shaykh, we read in books selected supplications, and these supplications are numerous. When we ask about them, these hadiths or these supplications are found to be weak or fabricated, or they are athar (reports from the Companions or successors). What is our position, Honorable Shaykh, regarding what is presented in these books?

Answer:
Not every book is to be relied upon until its author is known and the hadiths are known to have been transmitted from the books of hadith, so that they can be verified. As for merely taking everything in books without knowing the author’s reliability, trustworthiness, and knowledge, and without knowing the grade of the hadith, this is not permissible. This is because they may contain fabricated or false supplications, or supplications involving shirk (associating partners with Allah) or bid'ah (religious innovation). Verification is necessary. Yes.