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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it valid for a person to recite in the night prayer from what he does not have memorized?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: If a man prays part of the night and recites a surah, but the verses become confused for him? If he does. He says: If a man prays part of the night and recites a surah, but the verses become confused for him, should he recite it and then look it up after the taslim, or should he move on to something else and look it up after the taslim?

Answer:
He should not recite verses that he does not have memorized; he should recite verses that he has memorized perfectly, even if they are from the short surahs. He should not recite verses he does not memorize well, then become confused and disoriented during his prayer. In the night prayer, it makes no sense for a person to recite from the mushaf if he does not have the Qur'an memorized and wants to go through the entire Qur'an in the nights of night prayer. It is better for him to go to the mosque, as a trust in that.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [987- 4717] هل يصح للشخص القراءة في صلاة الليل مما لا يضبطه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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