Question
Every night after Isha' in our Musjid the musallis are required to recite Surah Yaaseen individually. Thereafter the Imaam makes a collective dua for rain. Also, every Thursday evening Durood is recited by the Imaam while all the musallis sit and listen. Thereafter dua is made. Are these Sunnah practices? I am asking because since childhood I have never seen our elders nor senior Ulama having these practices.
Answer
Both practices done in your M o s q u e s a r e b i d ' a h. Ghulu' (excess) in the Deen is bid'ah, and not permissible. They are superseding the boundaries of the Shariah with these new bid'ah practices. The Qur'aan Majeed says: "These are the limits of Allah. Whoever transgresses the limits, verily he has oppressed his soul."
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