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The imam recites a verse or a surah in the first rak'ah and the second according to the order of the surahs; what is the ruling on making this a habit?

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. The author of this letter says: In the loud prayers, I often observe that the imam recites a verse or a surah from the Qur'an in the first rak'ah and the second according to the order in the Noble Qur'an. What is the ruling on that? Yes. In the loud prayers, I often observe that the imam recites a verse or a surah from the Qur'an in the first rak'ah and the second according to the order in the Noble Qur'an. What is the ruling on that? And what is the ruling on making it a habit? Does it mean that, for example, Surah al-Nas is not recited in the first rak'ah because there is no surah after it in the order of the Noble Qur'an for him to recite in the second rak'ah? And is it permissible to recite verses from the end of a surah in the first rak'ah, for example, and then from the beginning of the surah in the second rak'ah? And what is the ruling on reciting the same verse or surah in the second rak'ah that he recited in the first rak'ah? And so on. Please inform us in detail about this. May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
This is a question about the order of verses in the recitation of the one praying, a question about the order of surahs in the recitation of the one praying, and a question about repeating the same surah in the two rak'ahs. As for the first question, which is the order of verses in recitation in prayer and otherwise, it is obligatory, and it is not permissible to reverse the order of the verses, because the order of the verses is established by explicit text from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so it is not permissible to go against it, neither in prayer nor otherwise. Reversing the order of the verses is forbidden, and it goes against the guidance of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes. As for the second question, which is the order of surahs, this is a matter of scholarly disagreement, and the correct view is that it is better and more desirable to arrange them in order, and it is permissible to go against the order by reciting a surah in the first rak'ah and then reciting the one before it in the second rak'ah, but this is contrary to what is better. They said that the order of surahs was not by explicit text from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), but rather by the independent legal reasoning of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them). However, it is better to adhere to the order of the mushaf and not to reverse the order of surahs, because this is the customary order on which the Companions agreed, and it is what corresponds to the Noble mushaf, so as not to confuse people or for people to find this thing strange, which would result in confusion or a bad opinion of it.
As for the third question, which is repeating the same surah in the two rak'ahs of the prayer, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is better to recite in each rak'ah something other than what was recited in the first, whether a surah or verses. This is what is better and more desirable, and this is the most common of the actions of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Otherwise, it was narrated from him (peace and blessings be upon him) that he recited Surah al-Zalzalah and repeated it in the two rak'ahs, and that was while traveling. The narrator said: I do not know whether the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forgot or not. So it is better not to repeat the surah in the two rak'ahs, but rather to recite in the first whatever is easy of the surahs or verses, and to recite in the second rak'ah something else from the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، يقرأ علينا الإمام في الركعة الأولى آية أو سورة والثانية حسب ترتيب السور، فما حكم المداومة على ذلك؟ — youtube.com

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