The ruling on reciting Surat al-Ikhlas ten times after the Duha and Maghrib prayers
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The questioner:
After this, a message reached the program from one of the female listeners. She says: Your sister in Allah, Umm Jihad, from Libya, has a collection of questions. In one of them, she says: After the Duha prayer, I recite Surat al-Ikhlas ten times, and likewise after the Maghrib prayer. Is this act considered a bid'ah (religious innovation) and does it carry sin, or do you direct me to something else?
The Shaykh:
You should recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, and Surat Qul A'udhu bi Rabb al-Falaq, after Fajr and after Maghrib, three times each, with each surah recited three times. As for the other prayers—Zuhr, 'Asr, and 'Isha'—they are recited once each. As for ten times, there is no evidence for it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Is she sinful if she did that, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
If she did something for which there is no evidence, then she is sinful.
The questioner:
A person might exert effort and not discover that he is mistaken until later. What is the guidance, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
[Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Praise be to Allah. And in the matter of error and forgetfulness, and gratitude for... Praise be to Allah. But if the correct thing is not apparent to the person, what is required regarding gratitude? Yes. Yes. And the error is... Yes. And it does not become anything other than that afterwards.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
After this, a message reached the program from one of the female listeners. She says: Your sister in Allah, Umm Jihad, from Libya, has a collection of questions. In one of them, she says: After the Duha prayer, I recite Surat al-Ikhlas ten times, and likewise after the Maghrib prayer. Is this act considered a bid'ah (religious innovation) and does it carry sin, or do you direct me to something else?
The Shaykh:
You should recite Ayat al-Kursi, Surat al-Ikhlas, and Surat Qul A'udhu bi Rabb al-Falaq, after Fajr and after Maghrib, three times each, with each surah recited three times. As for the other prayers—Zuhr, 'Asr, and 'Isha'—they are recited once each. As for ten times, there is no evidence for it.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Is she sinful if she did that, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
If she did something for which there is no evidence, then she is sinful.
The questioner:
A person might exert effort and not discover that he is mistaken until later. What is the guidance, Shaykh Salih?
The Shaykh:
Our Lord, do not impose blame upon us if we have forgotten or erred.
رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَاThe presenter:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/066 — archive.org (4:14)
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