Is it considered an innovation (bid'ah) to consistently recite Surah Al-A'la, Al-Kafirun, and Al-Ikhlas in the Witr prayer? And does compiling Prophetic supplications (du'as) for worry and distress and consistently reciting them along with the morning and evening remembrances (adhkar) fall under "Be with Allah in ease, and He will be with you in hardship"? And has a hadith been reported about the remembrance (dhikr) "La ilaha illa Allah 'adada ma kana wa 'adada ma yakunu wa 'adada al-harakati wa al-sukun" (There is no god but Allah, as many as there have been, and as many as there will be, and as many as the movements and stillness)? And is the wording of the prayer "Allahumma salli 'ala Sayyidina Muhammadin salatan tukhrijuni biha min zhulumati al-wahmi wa tukrimuni biha bi nuri al-fahmi wa tuwaddih li ma ashkhala hatta afhama innaka anta ta'lamu wa la a'lamu innaka anta 'allamu al-ghuyub" (O Allah, send blessings upon our master Muhammad, a prayer by which You bring me out of the darkness of illusion, and by which You honor me with the light of understanding, and clarify for me what is difficult so that I may understand, for indeed You know and I do not know, indeed You are the Knower of the unseen) permissible?
Persevering in reciting Surahs Al-A'la, Al-Kafirun, and Al-Ikhlas in the Witr prayer is from the Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Obedience to Allah and remembrance of Him in times of ease are beneficial in times of hardship, as confirmed by the Hadith: "Be mindful of Him in prosperity, and He will be mindful of you in adversity." However, specifying particular remembrances at times not prescribed by the Sharia is an innovation (Bid'ah), even if the remembrances themselves are established. There is no harm in supplicating with a specific wording if it is good speech, but one should not believe it to be Sunnah. The narrated forms of sending blessings upon the Prophet are better.
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