Reciting Hamd and Salawat in a Circle After Prayer

Question

What is the ruling on standing up after the du‘a at the end of the Fajr prayer, forming a circle and reciting “Ya Nabi salam ‘alayka” (يا نبي سلام عليك)? And what is the ruling on narrating the virtues (fada’il) [of good deeds] after the du‘a, when the time of Fajr has already expired?

Answer

This manner of [reciting] salawat is not established from the Holy Qur’an, the noble Hadith, the noble Companions ﵃, the great muhaddithun or the other pious predecessors (salaf salihin). If every person — or whoever is granted the ability (tawfiq)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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