The obligation of a person toward the imam of the mosque if he engages in collective supplication

Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, if the imam of the mosque engages in collective supplication after every prayer, is it enjoining good and forbidding evil to leave the mosque and entrust the matter of remaining in the prayer hall and reciting the dhikr to Allah, or is there no harm in remaining and reciting the dhikr?

Answer:
First, it is obligatory to advise this imam, because he may not be aware that this is not prescribed. You remind him and inform him that collective dhikr is not prescribed; rather, what is prescribed is for the worshippers to remember Allah, with each one remembering Allah individually, apart from the others. This is because the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) did not remember Allah in this manner after the prayer; rather, each of them remembered Allah individually and raised his voice in dhikr, even if their voices happened to coincide. However, if they agree on a single collective voice, that is a bid'ah (religious innovation), and it is not permissible to say it, . As for withdrawing, if there is another mosque nearby, close to you, and its imam adheres to the Sunnah, then you go and pray with him, and you do not pray with this one who practices bid'ah and has not accepted the advice. If there is no other mosque, then pray with them, then withdraw from their gathering, and be in one of the corners of the mosque, and remember Allah by yourself. Yes.