This category also includes cases where what is stipulated is not unlawful in itself, but conflicts with achieving the prescribed purpose. Examples include requiring the residents of a ribāt to remain there permanently—a practice people have introduced which is discouraged in Islamic law; requiring jurists to subscribe to certain innovations contrary to the Quran and Sunnah, or to certain unlawful views; or requiring the imam and muezzin to omit some prescribed sunnah practices of prayer and the call to prayer, or to introduce innovations into them. For example, the imam might be required to recite the short surahs of the Mufassal in the dawn prayer, to append an unprescribed invocation to the call to prayer, or to hold the Eid prayer in the school and mosque while the Muslims are holding it in accordance with the Sunnah of their Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Requiring them to pray individually also falls into this category.

Also included in this category are conditions that necessarily encourage abandoning what the Lawgiver has recommended. An example is requiring the residents of a ribāt or school beside the main mosque to perform their obligatory prayers on their own premises. This encourages them to forgo performing the obligatory prayer in the manner most beloved to Allah and His Messenger. Such a condition should therefore be disregarded; rather, praying in the main mosque is better. Indeed, mosques established to cause harm must be demolished, though this is not the place to discuss that in detail.

This category also includes stipulating that lights be lit over graves, with candles, oil, and the like. For the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“May Allah curse women who frequently visit graves and those who set up