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Is doing the opposite of what is recommended considered reprehensible (makrooh)?

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"Abandoning a recommended act does not render the one who does so blameworthy (makrooh), for a recommended act (mustahab) is what the'a (Islamic law) commanded, but not obligatorily, such as the Duha prayer. A blameworthy act (makrooh) is what was prohibited, but not obligatorily. The one who performs a recommended act is rewarded, and the one who performs a blameworthy act does not incur sin. Ibn Daqeeq Al-Eid said: 'One should know the difference between our saying "it is recommended to do such and such" and our saying "it is blameworthy to abandon it"; there is no necessary correlation between the two.' Ibn Hajar said: 'And abandoning a recommended act does not necessitate blameworthiness.' Sheikh Al-Uthaymeen affirmed that 'abandoning a Sunnah does not necessitate falling into the blameworthy.'"

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