What is the ruling on the imam of the mosque and the worshippers reciting specific surahs such as "Ya-Sin" (with the repetition of "Salamun qawlan min Rabbin Rahim" three times), "Al-Waqi'ah," and "Tabarak" aloud daily after Fajr prayer, and saying "Ya Rahim" 30 times, and reciting Surat Al-Kahf aloud after Fajr on Friday, and sending blessings upon the Prophet 100 times and saying "La ilaha illa Allah" 100 times aloud after Asr on Friday, and reciting the "Hizb Al-Bahr" supplication aloud daily after Fajr prayer, with the imam claiming that the Prophet enjoined it upon him in a dream, and is it permissible to pray behind this imam?
Persisting in reciting one hundred prayers upon the Prophet (peace be upon him) and one hundred declarations of "La ilaha illallah" (There is no god but Allah) every Friday after the Asr prayer is an innovative addition (bid'ah idafiyyah) for which there is no legal evidence. Therefore, it must be abandoned. What has been mentioned does not preclude praying behind this Imam, though it is better to pray behind someone who is free from innovation, while continuing to advise him with wisdom and gentleness.
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