The ruling on repeating Surat al-Ikhlas in the prayer
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The questioner:
Did the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) do this for the man who judges by his heart? Allah knows best. And regarding the legitimacy of this matter, and upon this, the excellence of acting upon it, whether it is a persistence in the people of prayer or the awliya (close friends of Allah).
The Shaykh:
No one did it, as far as we know, other than this Companion. So if it had been prescribed absolutely, someone else would have done it. This man did it out of love for this surah, and he did it only once. We do not know that this happened from him again, or from anyone else.
The questioner:
Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh:
But if he was praying for himself at night and used this form in his prayer and repeated it, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Did the Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) do this for the man who judges by his heart? Allah knows best. And regarding the legitimacy of this matter, and upon this, the excellence of acting upon it, whether it is a persistence in the people of prayer or the awliya (close friends of Allah).
The Shaykh:
No one did it, as far as we know, other than this Companion. So if it had been prescribed absolutely, someone else would have done it. This man did it out of love for this surah, and he did it only once. We do not know that this happened from him again, or from anyone else.
The questioner:
Peace be upon you.
The Shaykh:
But if he was praying for himself at night and used this form in his prayer and repeated it, there is nothing wrong with that. Yes.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [14] — alfawzan.live (3:28)
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