Is the practice of remembrance (dhikr) permissible when performed a specific number of times at specific times, or is it impermissible to restrict remembrance to a certain number? And what is the authenticity of the hadith: "Whoever says daily: 'O Allah, forgive the believing men and women and have vast mercy upon them' twenty-seven times, will wake up with their supplications answered?"
There is no harm in adhering to the ذكر (remembrance of Allah) in the manner mentioned if you do not believe it to be Sunnah, but rather do it out of habit of remembering Allah and doing so frequently. As for the hadith mentioned, it is a hadith that is not found in the books of Sunnah, and signs of fabrication are apparent in it.
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