Question: A woman says that her aunt intended in her heart to recite Surah Yaseen 41 times daily for 40 days for a certain task to be accomplished. She practiced this for a few days but now finds it difficult to continue. Can she stop this practice?
Answer: The intention to recite Surah Yaseen 41 times daily for 40 days is incorrect and stems from a lack of religious knowledge.
1. The first mistake is the intention to perform this act daily for 40 days, which is not supported by any evidence from the Sunnah.
2. The second mistake is believing that performing this act for 40 days will ensure the task’s completion, which is also incorrect and has no basis in the Sunnah.
3. The third point is that specifying Surah Yaseen for a particular task and reciting it a fixed number of times, such as 41 times, is considered an innovation (بدعت). Since this practice is an innovation, the woman should stop it immediately and is not obligated to continue.
If anyone, male or female, has a task to accomplish, they should adopt worldly means and simultaneously pray to Allah in their own language for ease in that task.
Sheikh Maqbool Ahmed Salafi حفظه الله ❪Jeddah Dawah Center – Al-Salamah – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia❫
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