There is a dangerous trend in modern Islam to dismiss such litanies as Bid'ah (innovation). It is crucial to clarify that Ahzab like Hizb al-Wiqayah are not worship invented out of thin air. They are . The act of compiling them and reciting them in a specific order is permissible by consensus of the Four Schools of Sunni Islam, provided one does not believe the words are equal to the Qur’an.