The Sunnah is to recite a longer surah in the first rak'ah than in the second
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Question:
May Allah reward you, our Shaykh. 'Abdullah from al-Kharj, go ahead, 'Abdullah. Peace be upon you. Peace. I have two questions, if you please. Go ahead. The first asks: What is the ruling on reciting the short surahs in the first rak'ah of the prayer and the long surahs in the second, whether the prayer is one of loud recitation or silent recitation? That is the first question.
Answer:
Yes, the first question. Yes, regarding the short surahs, bringing them forward to the first rak'ah. The opposite, the opposite is that the first rak'ah is longer and has more recitation than the second rak'ah. This is the Sunnah for both the loud and the silent prayers.
May Allah reward you, our Shaykh. 'Abdullah from al-Kharj, go ahead, 'Abdullah. Peace be upon you. Peace. I have two questions, if you please. Go ahead. The first asks: What is the ruling on reciting the short surahs in the first rak'ah of the prayer and the long surahs in the second, whether the prayer is one of loud recitation or silent recitation? That is the first question.
Answer:
Yes, the first question. Yes, regarding the short surahs, bringing them forward to the first rak'ah. The opposite, the opposite is that the first rak'ah is longer and has more recitation than the second rak'ah. This is the Sunnah for both the loud and the silent prayers.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1332 - السنة أن تقرأ في الركعة الأولى سورة أطول من الركعة الثانية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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