Is it considered a Bid‘ah (innovation in religion) to agree upon a specific time for a session of remembrance of Allah (Dhikr), and to raise one's voice in Dhikr, such as "Lā ilāha illallāh (There is no god but Allah)"?
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Gathering for the remembrance of Allah Almighty is good, provided it does not become a regular habit and is not accompanied by an innovation (bid'ah); such as performing in a collective voice, or making appointments to gather specifically for it. Some scholars have disliked this, and Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) censured a group of people who would gather in the mosque and remember Allah with a collective utterance.
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