Reciting Surat al-Zalzalah in the two rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer
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Question:
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the imam of the mosque in the neighborhood where I live sometimes recites Surat al-Zalzalah in the first and second rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer. Is this the Sunnah?
Answer:
The Sunnah is to lengthen the recitation in the Fajr prayer, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:[Al-Isra 17:78] meaning that the Fajr prayer was named by Allah "the Qur'an" because the recitation in it is long. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lengthen the recitation in the Fajr prayer; this was the predominant practice of his Sunnah. He would recite from sixty to one hundred verses (peace and blessings be upon him) in a single rak'ah. As for his reciting Surat al-Zalzalah and repeating it in the two rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer, this is reported in the context of travel; it is reported that this occurred while he was traveling. Yes.
The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, the imam of the mosque in the neighborhood where I live sometimes recites Surat al-Zalzalah in the first and second rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer. Is this the Sunnah?
Answer:
The Sunnah is to lengthen the recitation in the Fajr prayer, as He (Exalted and Majestic is He) said:
and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-051-حرمـة قتـل الأنفـس المعصومـة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (42:21)
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