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Consistency in Reciting Al-Kafirun, Al-Ikhlas, and Al-Ikhlas in the Witr and Odd-Numbered Prayers

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Did the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) consistently recite Al-Kafirun, Al-Ikhlas, and Al-Ikhlas in the Witr and odd-numbered prayers?

Answer:
That is the apparent ruling, because the word "was" implies continuity; it appears that he was consistent in reciting them. If he recited other surahs, there is no harm, but it appears that he was consistent in reciting these surahs. There is a wisdom in this: "Say, O you disbelievers" is about the oneness of worship, and "Say, He is Allah, the One" is about the oneness of lordship. So he chose these two surahs, just as he recited them in the two rak'ahs of the Fajr prayer, in the regular voluntary prayer of Fajr, for this reason: because they are about tawhid. Al-Kafirun is about the oneness of worship: "I do not worship what you worship," and "Say, He is Allah, the One" is about the names and attributes of Allah, from the oneness of lordship. Yes.
Source المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 18-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (48:15)

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