Reading from the middle of a surah in the two rak'ahs
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: An imam of a mosque reads from the middle of a surah in the first rak'ah, then reads from the middle of another surah in the second rak'ah. Is his action valid?
Answer:
Ibn al-Qayyim, in *Zad al-Ma'ad*, says that this is contrary to the Sunnah. This is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did, except in the regular voluntary prayer of Fajr. He read from Surat al-Baqarah:[Al-Baqarah 2:136]. And he read from Surat al-Imran: [Al-Ma'idah 5:59] Come. Yes. [Ali 'Imran 3:64].
No. Yes, indeed.[Ali 'Imran 3:64] Both are in tawhid (the oneness of Allah). The verse from al-Baqarah is in tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship), and the verse from al-Imran is in tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), like Surat [Al-Kafirun 109:1] and Surat al-Ikhlas, both of which are in tawhid. "Say, O you disbelievers" is in tawhid al-uluhiyyah (oneness of worship), and [Al-Ikhlas 112:1] is in tawhid al-rububiyyah (oneness of lordship) and tawhid al-asma' wa al-sifat (oneness of the names and attributes). This is what was reported from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): that he did not read from the middles of surahs, nor from their ends, but rather what was reported from him is that he would read a surah in each rak'ah, or divide a surah between the two rak'ahs. This is what was reported from him (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: An imam of a mosque reads from the middle of a surah in the first rak'ah, then reads from the middle of another surah in the second rak'ah. Is his action valid?
Answer:
Ibn al-Qayyim, in *Zad al-Ma'ad*, says that this is contrary to the Sunnah. This is what the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did, except in the regular voluntary prayer of Fajr. He read from Surat al-Baqarah:
Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allah
قُولُوا آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِSay, "O People of the Scripture
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِSay, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْNo. Yes, indeed.
Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْSay, "O disbelievers,
قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَSay, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 35 من 148|شرح كتاب المنتقى|الصلاة|بيان أنها الوسطى وما ورد في ذلك في غيرها|صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (1:03:29)
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