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Do the Malikis hold the view that the post-prayer remembrances (muʿaqqibāt al-ṣalāh) are to be performed in congregation, as some imams do, citing the saying of Ibn ʿArafah as evidence?

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The ruling on reciting the post-prayer supplications (dhikr) in congregation has been answered previously, stating that it is an innovation (bid'ah), based on the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) saying: "Whoever introduces into this matter of ours that which is not from it, it will be rejected." Ibn Arafa chose that the glorifications (tasbihat) be recited after the salam collectively (Subhan Allah, Al-hamdulillah, Allahu Akbar), and not individually (Subhan Allah 33 times, Al-hamdulillah 33 times, Allahu Akbar 33 times). Perhaps the Imam of the mosque understood Ibn Arafa's statement "collectively" to mean in congregation, which is a mistaken understanding not indicated by Ibn Arafa's words.

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