The ruling on combining various dhikr in one place

The questioner : A shaykh relayed a fatwa from some of our brothers that whoever recites these dhikr all at once, reciting more than one of these in one or three prayers.

The Shaykh : Who is it?

The questioner : And that reciting these various dhikr in one place only is a bid'ah (religious innovation), equating it with the dhikr of the morning and evening.

The Shaykh : Yes, that whoever recites them in one place, meaning whoever combines them, intends to do so.

The questioner : Yes, the virtue lies in the variety; combining them all in one place.

The Shaykh : As for if each one is a bid'ah (religious innovation) separate from the other, then there is no doubt that it is a bid'ah (religious innovation), meaning if a person says, "Our Lord, to You is praise, O Allah, our Lord, to You is praise, O Allah, our Lord, to You is praise, our Lord, to You is praise," we would say this is a bid'ah (religious innovation).

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh : But if he combines them and they are different, of one type, then it does not appear to be a bid'ah (religious innovation). For this reason, we say that the dhikr of the prayers are combined, and the dhikr of the morning and evening are likewise.