Saying Āmīn to the preacher’s supplication

Question: Is saying Āmīn after the imam’s supplication at the end of the Friday khutbah a religious innovation—that is, when the imam supplicates and we respond behind him by saying Āmīn? Please advise us, and may Allah reward you with good.

Answer: Saying Āmīn to the khaṭīb’s supplication in the second khutbah, when he prays for the Muslims, is recommended and is not a bidʿa (reprehensible innovation). It should not, however, be done aloud in unison. Rather, each worshipper should say Āmīn individually and in a low voice so that there is no disturbance or raised voices. Everyone should say Āmīn quietly, to himself, and independent of the others.

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The prostration of recitation (sujūd al-tilāwa)

Question: In the Noble Mushaf we find the note, “prostration according to scholars other than Mālik.” Does this wording exempt the reader or listener from prostrating if he follows a different madhhab (school of law)? And what about someone who does not adhere to a particular madhhab—what is his ruling?

Answer: The prostration of recitation is a sunnah for both the reciter and the listener, regardless of whether the note says “according to Mālik” or “according to others.” Whenever a Muslim recites a verse of prostration, or is listening to a reciter who passes a verse of prostration and the reciter prostrates, he should prostrate along with him, no matter which madhhab he follows. As for what is written in the Mushaf—“according to Mālik,” “according to scholars other than Mālik,” and the like—this has no bearing on the legitimacy of the ruling, and I would prefer that the Mushaf were free