Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمة الله) said: 'As for inv | Manhaj of the Salaf
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (رحمة الله) said:
"As for inventing a Salah that comprises of a specific number of rakaat where a specific number of verses are recited at a specific time and is prayed as an optional prayer congregationally like the following salawat (prayers): “Ṣalāt ar-Raghā`ib that is prayed on the first Jumu’ah of Rajab, or the al-Alfiyyah (i.e. the 100 rakaat Salah wherein Surah al-Ikhlas is recited 1000 times) that is prayed in the beginning of Rajab, or the 15th of Shaban, or the 27th night of Rajab and others like this, then this was not legislated by consensus of the Imams of Islam as stated by the ‘Ulamā’ who are reliable. No one will invent such a Salah except that is ignorant and is an innovator."
