An Aalim says that according to the Hadith there is greater thawaab for participating in congregational thikr than individual thikr.

Answer

Those who practise bid'ah congregational forms of thikr submit the Ahaadith to their personal opinion in order to find some flimsy basis to support their innovation. We have written a book, Thikr in the Mirror of the Sunnah which explains this issue in detail. Furthermore, the Aalim in question is not a mujtahid. He has no right to interpret the Hadith.