The Duration of the Friday Prayer and Its Lengthening Relative to the Sermon
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Question:
And regarding the Shaykh’s issue: if it is from the Sunnah that the prayer be short and that the prayer be lengthened, it is well known that the Sunnah in the Friday prayer is the recitation of al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah. Does that mean the duration of the prayer is less than the duration of reciting al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah?
Answer:
It is not just al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah. In the Friday prayer, there is the opening supplication, there is the recitation of al-Fatihah, there is the recitation of al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah, there is bowing, there is prostration, and there is sitting for the tashahhud. It is not just al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah.
And regarding the Shaykh’s issue: if it is from the Sunnah that the prayer be short and that the prayer be lengthened, it is well known that the Sunnah in the Friday prayer is the recitation of al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah. Does that mean the duration of the prayer is less than the duration of reciting al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah?
Answer:
It is not just al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah. In the Friday prayer, there is the opening supplication, there is the recitation of al-Fatihah, there is the recitation of al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah, there is bowing, there is prostration, and there is sitting for the tashahhud. It is not just al-A’la and al-Ghashiyah.
Source
شرح زاد المستقنع [25] — alfawzan.live (1:16:22)
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