What is the criterion for shortening the prayer?
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, many people today criticize the imam if he recites the amount of a page from the long surahs of the final third of the Qur'an,
The Shaykh:
The amount of what?
The questioner:
The amount of a page from the long surahs of the final third of the Qur'an or the middle surahs of the final third, and this is done in two rak'ahs, and they cite the hadith of Mu'adh. He asks: Is the shortening based on the desires of the people and the request of the congregation?
The Shaykh:
Shortening and lengthening are according to the Sunnah, and the Fajr prayer is lengthened in its recitation and does not submit to the desires of the people.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, many people today criticize the imam if he recites the amount of a page from the long surahs of the final third of the Qur'an,
The Shaykh:
The amount of what?
The questioner:
The amount of a page from the long surahs of the final third of the Qur'an or the middle surahs of the final third, and this is done in two rak'ahs, and they cite the hadith of Mu'adh. He asks: Is the shortening based on the desires of the people and the request of the congregation?
The Shaykh:
Shortening and lengthening are according to the Sunnah, and the Fajr prayer is lengthened in its recitation and does not submit to the desires of the people.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [510 -582] ما الضابط في تخفيف الصلاة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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