Congregational Supplication at Iftar Is Not Established

Question

In the blessed month of Ramadan some people gather in one place, in the mosque, before iftar, and one of those fasting leads a supplication while everyone says “amin”. Was this practice current in the time of the Prophet ﷺ or among the noble Companions ﵃, or was it introduced by later pious elders?

Answer

The practice of making a congregational supplication at such a time is not established from the Prophet ﷺ, nor from the noble Companions ﵃, nor from the mujtahid jurists. If the imam leads the supplication once or twice for the purpose of teaching, and thereafter those fasting each make their own separate supplication, that is better, and this congregational supplication…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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