The innovation of collective repetition of dhikr after prayer
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A Sudanese resident in al-Taif, who indicated his name with the letters F, M, Sh, and Y, asks and says: In our country, after the taslim from the prayer, the imam recites the tasbih, and the ma'mumun follow him behind him, and so it goes with the tahmid and takbir. Then he raises his hands for du'a', and the people say "Ameen" to his du'a'. Is this part of the Sunnah in any way? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
The adhkar after the prayers, the adhkar that have been transmitted, are to be done after the prayer, but not with a collective voice, as the questioner mentioned, where the imam raises his voice and the ma'mumun follow him. This is not prescribed, nor is it transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from his Companions, nor from the recognized scholars. Rather, this manner is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Each Muslim, after the prayer, should perform the prescribed adhkar individually and without raising his voice in a way that disturbs the people, except for the ten tahlils after Fajr, the ten tahlils after Maghrib, and the tahlil after the remaining prayers, for which the voice is raised, as the Companions used to raise their voices so that the one coming to the mosque would know that the prayer had ended. But not with an organized collective voice as if it were hymns, or with the imam raising his voice and then being followed by the others. All of this is an additional bid'ah, a bid'ah in the manner. So each Muslim should remember Allah with the transmitted adhkar by himself, without being linked to others or to the imam. As for du'a', it is also prescribed in the times after the prayers, to supplicate with whatever is easy, but not with a collective voice, nor with the imam supplicating and them saying "Ameen." All of this is a bid'ah. This manner is a bid'ah. Du'a' in itself is prescribed, but its being collective or being prompted by the imam is a bid'ah.[Al-A'raf 7:71]. Yes.
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A Sudanese resident in al-Taif, who indicated his name with the letters F, M, Sh, and Y, asks and says: In our country, after the taslim from the prayer, the imam recites the tasbih, and the ma'mumun follow him behind him, and so it goes with the tahmid and takbir. Then he raises his hands for du'a', and the people say "Ameen" to his du'a'. Is this part of the Sunnah in any way? Please inform us. May Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
The adhkar after the prayers, the adhkar that have been transmitted, are to be done after the prayer, but not with a collective voice, as the questioner mentioned, where the imam raises his voice and the ma'mumun follow him. This is not prescribed, nor is it transmitted from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), nor from his Companions, nor from the recognized scholars. Rather, this manner is a bid'ah (religious innovation). Each Muslim, after the prayer, should perform the prescribed adhkar individually and without raising his voice in a way that disturbs the people, except for the ten tahlils after Fajr, the ten tahlils after Maghrib, and the tahlil after the remaining prayers, for which the voice is raised, as the Companions used to raise their voices so that the one coming to the mosque would know that the prayer had ended. But not with an organized collective voice as if it were hymns, or with the imam raising his voice and then being followed by the others. All of this is an additional bid'ah, a bid'ah in the manner. So each Muslim should remember Allah with the transmitted adhkar by himself, without being linked to others or to the imam. As for du'a', it is also prescribed in the times after the prayers, to supplicate with whatever is easy, but not with a collective voice, nor with the imam supplicating and them saying "Ameen." All of this is a bid'ah. This manner is a bid'ah. Du'a' in itself is prescribed, but its being collective or being prompted by the imam is a bid'ah.
for which Allah has not sent down any authority
مَّا نَزَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهَا مِن سُلْطَانٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 4414- بدعة الترديد الجماعي للأذكار بعد الصلاة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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