The Criterion for Lengthening the Recitation in the Fajr Prayer
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Question:
And may Allah bless you. Honorable Shaykh, he says: Regarding the criterion for lengthening the recitation in the Fajr prayer, what is your view on hastening the Fajr prayer and the iqamah?
Answer:
The Fajr prayer and the iqamah, as far as the imam is concerned, depend on the presence of the congregation. If they are present, he hastens it after the appearance of the second dawn. If some of them are delayed, some may have an excuse, some may be far away, so he delays it to the extent that they gather, and he prays with them, while striving to hasten the congregational Fajr prayer and not delaying it. The Fajr prayer has a great reward.
As for the recitation in it, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite from seventy to one hundred verses, lengthening the recitation in it, because Allah said, "And the recitation of the Fajr," meaning the Fajr prayer. He called it "recitation" because the recitation is lengthened in it. But it is a moderate recitation, not the recitation we now hear from some of the young men in the mosques, with stretching, repetition, and breaking up the verses. This is not appropriate, and it is difficult for the reciter and difficult for the followers. Recite a moderate recitation,[Al-Qamar 54:17] and praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
And may Allah bless you. Honorable Shaykh, he says: Regarding the criterion for lengthening the recitation in the Fajr prayer, what is your view on hastening the Fajr prayer and the iqamah?
Answer:
The Fajr prayer and the iqamah, as far as the imam is concerned, depend on the presence of the congregation. If they are present, he hastens it after the appearance of the second dawn. If some of them are delayed, some may have an excuse, some may be far away, so he delays it to the extent that they gather, and he prays with them, while striving to hasten the congregational Fajr prayer and not delaying it. The Fajr prayer has a great reward.
As for the recitation in it, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite from seventy to one hundred verses, lengthening the recitation in it, because Allah said, "And the recitation of the Fajr," meaning the Fajr prayer. He called it "recitation" because the recitation is lengthened in it. But it is a moderate recitation, not the recitation we now hear from some of the young men in the mosques, with stretching, repetition, and breaking up the verses. This is not appropriate, and it is difficult for the reciter and difficult for the followers. Recite a moderate recitation,
We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance
لقد يسرنا القرآن للذكرThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/292 — archive.org (9:05)
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