The Criterion for Lengthening the Recitation After al-Fatihah for the Imam
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Question:
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, I am an imam in some mosques, and I recite some long surahs in some of the prayers, and some of the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam) disapprove of this action of mine. What is the criterion for lengthening the recitation of surahs after al-Fatihah?
Answer:
The criterion is that it does not burden the people. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is the imam of the people, let him shorten the prayer,"Sahih al-Bukhari 7159. Yes.
This questioner says: Your Eminence, father, I am an imam in some mosques, and I recite some long surahs in some of the prayers, and some of the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam) disapprove of this action of mine. What is the criterion for lengthening the recitation of surahs after al-Fatihah?
Answer:
The criterion is that it does not burden the people. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever is the imam of the people, let him shorten the prayer,"
because among them there are the old, the weak and the busy (needy having some jobs to do).
فإن فيهم الكبير والضعيف وذا الحاجة
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، أسئلة اللقاء المفتوح [29-7-1440] مع صاحب المعالي العلامة صالح بن فوزان الفوزان بجامع الرحمانية — youtube.com (36:34)
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