The Ruling on Collective Supplication in Hajj

Question:
The Shaykh’s position is not established for the end of major ritual impurity, and it was adopted for the end of his hands in it.

Answer:
Supplication has not been prescribed as a collective act. This collective supplication is a religious innovation (bid'ah). This is because there is no evidence for it, and because when it becomes collective, it turns into anthems and repetitions whose meanings are not understood by the reciter; he merely follows others. Supplication is to be composed, meaning it is to be done with humility, with certainty, and with knowledge of its meaning. As for repeating words one does not know, or does not understand, but follows others in while not knowing their meaning or grasping their significance, this is not an innovation.
Also, collective supplication disturbs those present, those performing circumambulation, and those walking between al-Safa and al-Marwah. It disturbs people with these voices and this noise. This is prohibited. Everyone should supplicate for himself in a low voice and not disturb others. The result is that collective supplication is not permissible because it is a religious innovation (bid'ah), because it disturbs people, and because it leads to most of those who participate in it not knowing its meaning or being mindful of its significance, but merely following and imitating others.