Ruling on Reciting Specific Verses in the Dhuha Prayer

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Question:
A letter signed by one of the brothers, who says: I am Sudanese, residing in the Kingdom. I have a collection of questions, one of which is: I have become accustomed to reciting the two verses of gratitude in the two rak'ahs of the Dhuha prayer; the verse from Surat al-Naml

So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, "My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me

فَتَبَسَّمَ ضَاحِكًا مِنْ قَوْلِهَا وَقَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ

[al-Naml:19], and also the verse from Surat al-Ahqaf:

And We have enjoined upon man, to his parents, good treatment. His mother carried him with hardship and gave birth to him with hardship, and his gestation and weaning [period] is thirty months. [He grows] until, when he reaches maturity and reaches [the age of] forty years

وَوَصَّيْنَا الإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلاثُونَ شَهْرًا حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً

[al-Ahqaf:15]. Is my doing this, O Shaykh, considered an innovation, or am I free to recite whatever I wish from the Book of Allah?
May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
There is no blame on you for reciting whatever is easy for you, provided you do not believe that there is a specific Sunnah in this; this has no basis. But just as your Lord (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:

So recite what is easy from it

فَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنْهُ

[al-Muzzammil:20], if you recite whatever is easy for you, there is no blame on you. However, if you intentionally choose two specific verses and believe that they alone are the Sunnah, this has no basis; because religious innovation is not permissible in the Shari'ah, and no one says: this is a Sunnah, or this is an innovation, except with evidence. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

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

من عمل عملًا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد

Sahih Muslim 1718b

So if you only intended that they are two great verses, and you liked to recite them, there is nothing wrong with them, or with others, without believing that they are a Sunnah to the exclusion of others, a specific Sunnah. Yes.

The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.

Source binbaz.org.sa

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