Reciting Surat al-Zalzalah in the Fajr prayer
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Question:
The questioner asks: Is it established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited *Iz Zalzalah* twice in the Fajr prayer? And what is the ruling for one who recites it only once in prostration? What is the ruling?
Answer:
It is established that he recited *al-Zalzalah* in two rak'ahs, but I am uncertain whether it was in Fajr or in 'Isha; this uncertainty is on my part now. Sometimes, in previous occasions, he would recite *al-Zalzalah* or another surah in two rak'ahs, such as reciting *al-Fatihah* and then *al-Zalzalah* after it, and then in the second rak'ah he would repeat it, or he would recite *al-Asr*, or *Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad*, or something else. There is no harm in this, but it is better to recite a surah or verses in the first rak'ah and a different one in the second. This is the predominant practice from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The questioner asks: Is it established that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) recited *Iz Zalzalah* twice in the Fajr prayer? And what is the ruling for one who recites it only once in prostration? What is the ruling?
Answer:
It is established that he recited *al-Zalzalah* in two rak'ahs, but I am uncertain whether it was in Fajr or in 'Isha; this uncertainty is on my part now. Sometimes, in previous occasions, he would recite *al-Zalzalah* or another surah in two rak'ahs, such as reciting *al-Fatihah* and then *al-Zalzalah* after it, and then in the second rak'ah he would repeat it, or he would recite *al-Asr*, or *Qul Huwa Allahu Ahad*, or something else. There is no harm in this, but it is better to recite a surah or verses in the first rak'ah and a different one in the second. This is the predominant practice from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Source
فتاوى الحج - 1405 هـ — archive.org (59:02)
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