In some mosques, and especially after the 'Asr prayer, a person or one of the brothers reads several hadiths from *Riyad al-Saliheen* every night. Is this practice an innovation?
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The questioner : In his third question, he says: O honorable Shaykh, in some mosques, and especially after the 'Asr prayer, a person or one of the brothers reads several hadiths from *Riyad al-Saliheen* every night. Is this practice an innovation?
The Shaykh : This is not an innovation; rather, it is among the matters that involve spreading knowledge. If people make it a habit to read something from the hadiths or from the tafsir of the Noble Qur'an every day after 'Asr, or after 'Isha', or after Maghrib, then that is good and is not an innovation.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. From the questions of this questioner from today...
The Shaykh : Yes. People do not do this as a prelude to the prayer or as part of its appendages, but they do it as a reminder for people. People have made it a habit to have a reminder at this time, just as people have also made it a habit in every time and place to have the study of knowledge after the Fajr prayer with the shaykhs, and people have made it a habit to have study in formal schools at a specific time. There is nothing wrong with any of this, and it is not considered a religious innovation.
The questioner : Good. May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : This is not an innovation; rather, it is among the matters that involve spreading knowledge. If people make it a habit to read something from the hadiths or from the tafsir of the Noble Qur'an every day after 'Asr, or after 'Isha', or after Maghrib, then that is good and is not an innovation.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. From the questions of this questioner from today...
The Shaykh : Yes. People do not do this as a prelude to the prayer or as part of its appendages, but they do it as a reminder for people. People have made it a habit to have a reminder at this time, just as people have also made it a habit in every time and place to have the study of knowledge after the Fajr prayer with the shaykhs, and people have made it a habit to have study in formal schools at a specific time. There is nothing wrong with any of this, and it is not considered a religious innovation.
The questioner : Good. May Allah reward you, O Shaykh.