Is it obligatory to rebuke the imam if he shortens the first two rak'ahs and lengthens the last one?
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Question:
A questioner says: Our imam in the neighborhood shortens the first two rak'ahs, by making them brief, and lengthens the last one. He asks: Is it obligatory to rebuke him in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, this is the opposite of the Sunnah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lengthen, lengthen the first two, and shorten the last two. He would limit himself to al-Fatihah in the first two, reciting al-Fatihah and whatever he could of the Qur'an with it, and the first is longer than the second. Yes.
A questioner says: Our imam in the neighborhood shortens the first two rak'ahs, by making them brief, and lengthens the last one. He asks: Is it obligatory to rebuke him in this matter?
Answer:
Yes, this is the opposite of the Sunnah. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to lengthen, lengthen the first two, and shorten the last two. He would limit himself to al-Fatihah in the first two, reciting al-Fatihah and whatever he could of the Qur'an with it, and the first is longer than the second. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجب الإنكار على الإمام إذا خفف بالركعات الأولى وأطال في الأخيرة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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