Also, he asks and says: With us, after the prayer, a person stands up to recite al-Fatihah and ends by saying "to the presence of the Prophet." What is the ruling on this, O honorable Shaykh? May Allah bless you.

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The questioner : With us, after the prayer, a person stands up to recite al-Fatihah and ends by saying "to the presence of the Prophet". What is the ruling on this, O honorable Shaykh? May Allah bless you?

The Shaykh : The ruling on this is that it is an innovation among the innovations that were not practiced in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and his successors. Every matter that is innovated in the religion does not benefit its doer; rather, it harms him, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) warned against it:

Beware of newly invented matters, for every religious innovation (bid'ah) is misguidance.

إياكم ومحدثات الأمور، فإن كل بدعة ضلالة

Sunan al-Bayhaqi 17:1232

This act, which may occur after the prayer, such as reciting al-Fatihah or the Verse of the Throne in a loud voice for the attendees to hear, is undoubtedly one of the innovations from which one is forbidden and from which people are commanded to refrain. Instead, they are ordered to perform what the Sunnah has prescribed of the dhikr that follows the prayers. When a person completes his prayer with the taslim,

He sought forgiveness three times

استغفر ثلاثا

and says:

O Allah, You are Peace and from You comes peace. Blessed are You, O Owner of Majesty and Honor. Then he said: "There is no god but Allah alone, having no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is able to do all things," three times. "There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him, offering Him sincere religion, even if the disbelievers hate. There is no power and no strength except with Allah. There is no god but Allah, and we worship none but Him. His is the blessing, His is the favor, and His is the good praise. There is no god but Allah alone, having no partner. His is the dominion and His is the praise, and He is able to do all things. O Allah, there is no one who can prevent what You give, and there is no one who can give what You withhold, and the wealth of the wealthy does not benefit him against You."

اللهم أنت السلام ومنك السلام تباركت يا ذا الجلال والإكرام ثم قال: لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير ثلاث مرات لا إله إلا الله ولا نعبد إلا إياه مخلصين له الدين ولو كره الكافرون لا حول ولا قوة إلا بالله لا إله إلا الله ولا نعبد إلا إياه له النعمة وله الفضل وله الثناء الحسن، لا إله إلا الله وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير، اللهم لا مانع لما أعطيت ولا معطي لما منعت ولا ينفع ذا الجد منك الجد

then he glorifies Allah by saying "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar" thirty-three times each, which makes ninety-nine, and he completes the hundredth by saying "La ilaha illa Allah wahdahu la sharika lah, lahul mulku wa lahul hamdu wa huwa 'ala kulli shay'in qadir". If he wishes, he may say: "Subhan Allah thirty-three times, Alhamdulillah the same, and Allahu Akbar thirty-four times". If he wishes, he may say: "Subhan Allah ten times, Alhamdulillah ten times, and Allahu Akbar ten times". If he wishes, he may say: "Subhan Allah, Alhamdulillah, La ilaha illa Allah, Allahu Akbar" twenty-five times, making it a hundred. He recites the Verse of the Throne,

Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

[Al-Ikhlas 112:1]

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ

[Al-Falaq 113:1]

Say, "I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind,

قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

[An-Nas 114:1]

. Such dhikr is the prescribed dhikr that has come in the Sunnah. As for what has not come in the Sunnah, a person should not innovate it; rather, he is forbidden from it, because every innovation is misguidance.

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