Is it better in prayer to lengthen the bowing and prostration, or is it better to lengthen the recitation?

Question : The scholars differ on whether it is better to lengthen the bowing and prostration while shortening the recitation, or to lengthen the recitation while shortening the bowing and prostration. For example, if a person says, “My father prays for an hour,” is it better for him to reduce the recitation and lengthen the bowing and prostration, or is it better for him to increase the recitation and shorten the bowing and prostration?

Answer : There is scholarly disagreement on this, may Allah have mercy on them, because prostration is superior in its form to standing, while standing is superior in its remembrance to prostration, as it involves reciting the Book of Allah the Exalted. However, the correct view is that the prayer should be balanced; that is, if one lengthens the recitation, he should lengthen the bowing and prostration, as in the eclipse prayer, and if he shortens the recitation, he should shorten the bowing and prostration. This is the decisive opinion on this issue.