Ruling on the voluntary prayer on the Wednesday of the last month of Safar

The Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta

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The fourth question of Fatwa No. ( 1619 ):

Q4: Some scholars in our country claim that in the religion of Islam there is a voluntary prayer performed on the last Wednesday of the month of Safar, at the time of the Duha prayer, consisting of four rak'ahs with one taslim. In each rak'ah, one recites the opening of the Book
and Surat al-Kawthar seventeen times, Surat al-Ikhlas fifty times, and the two Mu'awwidhat once each. One does this in every rak'ah and then says the taslim. When one says the taslim, one begins to recite: And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.
وَاللَّهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
[Yusuf 12:21]
three hundred and sixty times, and Jawharat al-Kamal three times, and concludes with "Glory to your Lord, the Lord of Majesty, above what they describe, and peace upon the messengers, and all praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds." One also gives some bread in charity to the poor. The special virtue of this verse is to ward off the calamity that descends on the last Wednesday of the month of Safar. They say that three hundred and twenty thousand calamities descend every year, all on the last Wednesday of the month of Safar, making that day the most difficult day of the entire year. Whoever prays this prayer in the manner described is protected by Allah's generosity from all the calamities that descend on that day, and his circle is not cut off so that it becomes a void from which those who cannot perform the manner, such as children, drink. Is this the solution or not?
A4: We know no basis for this voluntary prayer mentioned in the question in the Book or the Sunnah, and it has not been established for us that anyone from the Salaf of this Ummah or the righteous of the Khalaf performed this voluntary prayer. Rather, it is a denounced religious innovation. It is established from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that he said:

He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.

من عمل عملاً ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد

Sahih Muslim 1718b

and he said:

'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: He who innovates things in our affairs for which there is no valid (reason) (commits sin) and these are to be rejected.

من أحدث في أمرنا هذا ما ليس منه فهو رد

Sahih Muslim 1718a

and whoever attributes this
prayer and what is mentioned with it to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or to any of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) has committed a great lie, and he deserves from Allah the punishment due to liars. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.

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