Giving Salam from the Minbar and Reciting “Inna Allaha wa Mala’ikatahu…”

Question

A certain person, whenever he stands up [to speak], first greets the people of the gathering (“al-salamu ‘alaykum”), then after “nahmaduhu wa nusalli” (نَحْمَدُهُ وَنُصَلِّي) recites “Inna Allaha wa mala’ikatahu yusalluna ‘ala al-nabi” (إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ). Is this practice correct or wrong? Kindly write the answer with a reference and, when quoting the text of fiqh, put the vowel marks clearly.

Answer

Making this binding upon oneself (iltizam) is not established from the hadith or from fiqh, and therefore it is to be abandoned. And since vowel marks are required in order to quote the text of the books of fiqh, it becomes evident that quoting it is unnecessary.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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