The Effect of Excessive Elongation in the Words of the Lost on the Prayer of the Imam and the Congregation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I am the imam of a mosque. During the loud prayer, when I recite Surat al-Fatihah, I perform a very great elongation in the words of the lost, and I am unable to shorten it. Does this affect my prayer and the prayer of the congregation behind me?
Answer:
It does not affect it, but the amount, according to the scholars, is four movements, six movements, six movements of the alif, movements of the yaa, it does not exceed this, it does not exceed six movements, no,
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, I am the imam of a mosque. During the loud prayer, when I recite Surat al-Fatihah, I perform a very great elongation in the words of the lost, and I am unable to shorten it. Does this affect my prayer and the prayer of the congregation behind me?
Answer:
It does not affect it, but the amount, according to the scholars, is four movements, six movements, six movements of the alif, movements of the yaa, it does not exceed this, it does not exceed six movements, no,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 141/28 شرح زاد المستقنع/ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:18:48)
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