That the act of worship should correspond in its quantity to the examples.
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The Shaykh : The quantity, did we speak about it?
We did not speak about it.
If someone were to say: "I pray the midday prayer six times," would this act of worship be in accordance with the Shari'ah?
It is not in accordance, in what respect? In the quantity.
Now, if someone were to say: "I say Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar thirty-five times after the obligatory prayer," what do you say about this?
The student: It contradicts the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : It contradicts the Shari'ah in what?
In the number, meaning in the quantity.
So we say: If you intended to worship Allah the Exalted with this number, you are mistaken. But if you intended to add to what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed, while you believe that the prescribed amount is thirty-three, then there is no harm in the addition here, because you have separated it from being an act of worship in itself.
Now, a man gave two sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for zakat al-fitr for himself.
What do you say about this?
Did he increase the quantity or not?
Now, we say: So he intends the first sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for the obligatory zakat al-fitr, and the second as voluntary charity, and the addition is from the good, which is good.
We did not speak about it.
If someone were to say: "I pray the midday prayer six times," would this act of worship be in accordance with the Shari'ah?
It is not in accordance, in what respect? In the quantity.
Now, if someone were to say: "I say Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, and Allahu Akbar thirty-five times after the obligatory prayer," what do you say about this?
The student: It contradicts the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : It contradicts the Shari'ah in what?
In the number, meaning in the quantity.
So we say: If you intended to worship Allah the Exalted with this number, you are mistaken. But if you intended to add to what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) prescribed, while you believe that the prescribed amount is thirty-three, then there is no harm in the addition here, because you have separated it from being an act of worship in itself.
Now, a man gave two sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for zakat al-fitr for himself.
What do you say about this?
Did he increase the quantity or not?
Now, we say: So he intends the first sa' (a dry measure of about 3 kg) for the obligatory zakat al-fitr, and the second as voluntary charity, and the addition is from the good, which is good.