What is the ruling on saying "Jummah Mubarakah" (Blessed Friday) and "Ramadan Kareem" (Generous Ramadan), wiping the face after supplication, kissing the Mus'haf (Quran), saying "Sadaqallahul Adheem" (Allah Almighty has spoken the truth) and "Taqabbal Allah" (May Allah accept [your deeds]) after the obligatory prayer? And are these sayings and actions considered innovations (bid'ah) if they are not attributed to the Prophet (peace be upon him), but rather said as a supplication or an expression?
What the questioner mentioned is divided into categories:
1. Actions performed solely as an act of worship to Allah, but which have no prophetic origin. These are considered innovations (bid'ah), such as saying "صدق الله العظيم" (Allah the Almighty has spoken the truth) after recitation, especially if it is done regularly. 2. Actions whose meaning or establishment, or the validity of the evidence for them, is subject to scholarly disagreement. Examples include wiping the face with the hands after supplication and kissing the Mus'haf (Qur'an). These are not described as innovations according to the preferred view. 3. Phrases uttered as a form of supplication, for which there is no specific religious proof. These are permissible as long as the one saying them does not commit to them or believe them to be a Sunnah, in which case they would become an additional innovation (bid'ah idafiyyah), such as saying "تقبل الله" (May Allah accept [it]) and "جمعة مباركة" (Blessed Friday). 4. Phrases typically said out of custom rather than worship. These do not fall under the definition of innovation unless the speaker believes them to be a Sunnah or persistently says them as an act of worship, such as saying "رمضان كريم" (Generous Ramadan).
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