The Ruling on the Prayer of Need, the Prayer for the Lost, and the Prayer of Tasbih
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The questioner:
This questioner asks: Is it said that the Prayer of Need, the Prayer for the Lost, and the Prayer of Tasbih are religious innovations (bid'ah)?
The Shaykh:
Which prayer?
The questioner:
The Prayer of Need and the Zuhr prayer.
The Shaykh:
If you want something from Allah, you ask Him. You pray two rak'ahs and then supplicate to Allah the Exalted. This is reported in the hadith; it is not an innovation. The second one:
The questioner:
The Prayer for the Lost.
The Shaykh:
The Prayer for the Lost: No, this is an innovation. It is not reported that one who loses something prays, but rather he searches for it and inquires about it in places other than the mosques, asking whoever sees such and such.
The questioner:
And the Prayer of Tasbih.
The Shaykh:
The Prayer of Tasbih was reported with chains of narration that are not authentic. Those who authenticated it erred; the chains are not authentic. Also, its description is not the description of prayer. It includes recitation during the bowing, reciting the Qur'an during the bowing, and reciting the Qur'an during the prostration. It has more bowings than the prayer has, and more prostrations than the prayer has. So it is denounced in its chain and denounced in its text, meaning it is not prescribed, and it is an innovation.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
This questioner asks: Is it said that the Prayer of Need, the Prayer for the Lost, and the Prayer of Tasbih are religious innovations (bid'ah)?
The Shaykh:
Which prayer?
The questioner:
The Prayer of Need and the Zuhr prayer.
The Shaykh:
If you want something from Allah, you ask Him. You pray two rak'ahs and then supplicate to Allah the Exalted. This is reported in the hadith; it is not an innovation. The second one:
The questioner:
The Prayer for the Lost.
The Shaykh:
The Prayer for the Lost: No, this is an innovation. It is not reported that one who loses something prays, but rather he searches for it and inquires about it in places other than the mosques, asking whoever sees such and such.
The questioner:
And the Prayer of Tasbih.
The Shaykh:
The Prayer of Tasbih was reported with chains of narration that are not authentic. Those who authenticated it erred; the chains are not authentic. Also, its description is not the description of prayer. It includes recitation during the bowing, reciting the Qur'an during the bowing, and reciting the Qur'an during the prostration. It has more bowings than the prayer has, and more prostrations than the prayer has. So it is denounced in its chain and denounced in its text, meaning it is not prescribed, and it is an innovation.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
حائية ابن أبي داود، حائية ابن أبي داوود [1] — alfawzan.live (1:11:18)
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