Specific supplications for the first day of the new year

Question:
There are some books, such as the book *Hamd al-Najah wa al-Shuror*, that mention specific supplications to be recited on the first day of the new year, claiming that they protect the one who recites them for the entire year, and that they are transmitted from the *aqtub* (poles) and have been tested. What is the ruling on these supplications? And is there a specific supplication verified for the first day of the year?

Answer:
This is a book we do not know, so we have not come across it. The supplications mentioned by the questioner have no basis. There is no new supplication for the first year, and what is transmitted from the Sufi *aqtub* (poles) has no value. The Sufi *aqtub* are a place of bid'ah (religious innovation) and a place of evil; among them are disbelievers and atheists, so they are not worthy of being quoted from. What is transmitted from the Sufi *aqtub* must be rejected unless it agrees with the great Shari'ah of Allah. If it does not agree with the Book and the Sunnah, they are not worthy of being quoted from, followed, or imitated, for they are people of bid'ah, and among them are atheists, disbelievers, and those who are astray. One must beware of this Sufism that calls its people *aqtub* and *aghwas* (guides) and the like. We ask Allah for safety.