The ruling on reciting a verse before the takbir of ihram
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I prayed in one of the villages, and the imam, before beginning the takbir of ihram, would recite the last verse of Surat al-Isra[Al-Isra 17:111], then he would say the takbir of ihram.
The Shaykh:
What is this? What do they want with it?
The questioner:
He says: I prayed in one of the villages with some of the tribes.
The Shaykh:
I mean, in this country.
The questioner:
You did not mention it.
The Shaykh:
Nor in their country? This is reprehensible and a bid'ah (religious innovation), so it is not permissible, whether in this country or elsewhere. This is a bid'ah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: I prayed in one of the villages, and the imam, before beginning the takbir of ihram, would recite the last verse of Surat al-Isra
And say, "Praise to Allah, who has not taken a son and has had no partner in [His] dominion and has no [need of a] protector out of weakness; and glorify Him with [great] glorification."
وَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ شَرِيكٌ فِي الْمُلْكِ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ وَلِيٌّ مِّنَ الذُّلِّ وَكَبِّرْهُ تَكْبِيرًاThe Shaykh:
What is this? What do they want with it?
The questioner:
He says: I prayed in one of the villages with some of the tribes.
The Shaykh:
I mean, in this country.
The questioner:
You did not mention it.
The Shaykh:
Nor in their country? This is reprehensible and a bid'ah (religious innovation), so it is not permissible, whether in this country or elsewhere. This is a bid'ah. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 06-06-1433هـ — alfawzan.live (51:29)
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