Giving an example of one who cites a general text in a specific case.

The Shaykh : And recently, I gave an example of this. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: to the end of the hadith, and he also said: So, if a group of people enters the mosque at the time of the midday prayer after the call to prayer, and each of them moves to a corner intending to pray the pre-prayer recommended practice, then a caller shouts and a speaker says, "Come, let us pray in congregation." My brother, this is something we have never seen anyone do. How can it be, when the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says such and such, and says such and such, and says such and such? They cite these three hadiths. What is your opinion of this citation? It is a citation with three hadiths, and in the explicit meaning of "Why do you pray alone?" The answer is that the practice of the Salaf did not follow this. The answer is that this understanding you derive from these hadiths is citing a general text in a specific place. This specific place was not practiced, so it became a religious innovation, despite its falling under the generality of these texts. And so it is with most religious innovations; the innovator does not fail to find a text for them... So this point must be heeded: that we do not permit an action based on a general text that was not practiced in the past, because the origin of every religious innovation is a general text.