Are there any legal impediments to reciting the verses (At-Tawbah: 17-22, An-Nur: 36-38, Al-Jinn: 18-23) alternately after Al-Fatiha in the prayer of 'Tahiyyat Al-Masjid' (greeting the mosque), given that they relate to the nature of the prayer?
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Committing to recite specific verses in the Greeting of the Mosque (Tahiyat al-Masjid) and consistently doing so is not from the . There is nothing reported from the Prophet (peace be upon him) that indicates this. If it were legislated, he would have done it. Many innovations begin this way, then become a followed Sunnah. Therefore, adherence (to the Sunnah) is obligatory, and innovation is not.
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