Why is reciting Al-Fatihah during an engagement with the intention of blessing the marriage considered an innovation, despite the virtue attributed to it that "you will not recite a single letter from it without being granted it," and its being a cure?
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The meaning of the phrase mentioned in the cited in no. 112517 has been previously explained. Reciting a specific at a particular time or in a specific situation, such as during a sermon (), is an act of worship that requires specific evidence. The fundamental principle concerning acts of worship is that they are prescriptive (tawqif), and the evidence for this is the Hadith: "Whoever introduces into this matter of ours that which is not from it, it will be rejected."
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