Shaikh Al-Alb?n? said: ‘The pulbit disconnects the row when its design differs from that which was at the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) time; his pulbit had three stairs only and the Im?m used to stand beside its first step. Accordingly; the long staired pulpit and the heaters installed inside the mosque in a way that they disconnect the rows is something detested. It is unfortunate that many of the Im?ms do not pay attention to such a thing due to their lack of knowledge and their carelessness to follow the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) Sunnah.

Those who build such pulbits and install heaters in mosques in a way that disconnects rows should be ware of that lest they fall under the prophet’s threat: ‘Whoever disconnects a row, All?h ( - عز وجل -) deprives him of all goodness’. (1)

[36] The prolonged standing and reciting Du‘?’ that includes strange words before Takb?ratul Ihr?m:

[1/ 36] It is of many Im?m’s mistakes to stand for a long time before reciting Takb?rat?l Ihr?m. This is due to the waswasah; they articulate the Niyyah more than once till they recite it properly- as they claim. (2) They also recite fabricated Du‘?’s after which Ma’mum?n say: ‘Amen’, such as: ‘All?hummah Ahsin Wuq?fan? Baina Yadaika, Yawmal ‘Ard ‘Alaik’, or ‘Aq?mah All?hu Wa‘ad?mah?, Waja‘alan? Min S?lih? Ahlih?’.

[2/ 36] It is also a mistake that the praying muslims say, after the Im?m orders them to straighten their rows or he says: ‘Istaw? Yarhamukumull?h Il? Sir?tin Mustaq?m’: ‘Sami‘an? Wa’ata‘n?, Gufr?naka Rabban? Wa Ilaikal Mas?r’ or ‘All?hu Akbar Kab?r, Wa’an?bika Mustaj?r’.

All such Du‘?’ are fabricated ones .

Regarding this point, Ibn Raz?q said in “‘Umdat Al-Mur?d Fil Bida’”: ‘It is of the Im?m’s mistakes: to step so deep in the niche