Placing boards with post-prayer dhikr in front of the worshippers

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: It has become widespread in some mosques in the city of Riyadh to place boards the size of a book, written with the dhikr after prayer, in front of the worshippers in the first row, such that there is a board in front of every three worshippers. What is the ruling on this practice?

Answer:
This is not permissible, and it is not permissible to hang writings in the mosques or to write on the walls. This distracts the worshippers. If you want to teach the worshippers the dhikr, sit in front of them and say, "O brothers, it is recommended (mustahabb) for you, when you finish the prayer with the taslim, to say so-and-so," and teach them this instead of placing a board in front of them. This distracts them from the prayer, and they look at the writing, so it is not permissible. This must be prevented in the mosques. Yes.