The Surahs Recited in the Night Prayer and the Order of Recitation

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Are there specific surahs that are prescribed, or is it prescribed to recite them, in the night prayer, other than the odd-numbered rak'ahs and the witr?

The Shaykh:
What has been transmitted is that one recites whatever is easy for him of the Qur'an, from its beginning, its middle, or its end, according to what is easy for him, whatever he has memorized of the Qur'an. Yes.

The questioner:
Then he says, may Allah preserve you: Is it permissible to recite in the order of the mushaf until he finishes, or does he recite specific surahs?

The Shaykh:
It is a matter of choice. If he wishes to complete the recitation of the Qur'an, that is better. If he wishes to recite specific surahs, the Companions used to divide the Qur'an into portions: three of the long surahs, five, seven, nine, and nineteen. Then the portion of the final section (al-Mufassal) was one portion.
The portion of al-Mufassal was one portion. This is how the Companions would stand in the night prayer with the Qur'an, dividing it: the long surahs were limited to three, such as al-Baqarah, al-Nisa, and Aal 'Imran, and after the three, the five, then the seven, and so on. Yes.
Some of them would complete the recitation of the Qur'an in a month. In the night prayer, some would complete the Qur'an every ten nights, some every seven nights, some every three nights, every three nights, as Ibn 'Umar used to do, completing the Qur'an every three nights.