The Imam Reciting Tasbihat Aloud Together with the Followers after Fajr

Question

Since the people of our locality are busy with their trades, they are unable to join every congregational prayer regularly in the locality’s Friday mosque; all of them attend only the Fajr prayer. Therefore, after the congregational prayer is finished, the imam together with the followers recites tasbih and salawat aloud: [ar]سبحان الله وبحمده، صلى الله على سيدنا محمد ﷺ، أستغفر الله[/ar] “Glory be to Allah and praise be to Him; may Allah bless our master Muhammad ﷺ; I seek Allah’s forgiveness” — without fail,…

Answer

After the Fajr prayer, salawat, dhikr, tasbih and istighfar (seeking forgiveness) are all correct; if others are not disturbed, then it is correct aloud as well, but no one should be compelled to it. The imam may keep reciting for as long as he likes; any follower who wishes may sit and recite for as long as he likes, and whoever has some work to do is free to go about his…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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