The ruling on reciting the entire Qur'an in the obligatory prayers

Question:
As for the one who recites in the obligatory prayers, O Honorable Shaykh, from Surat al-Baqarah all the way to Surat al-Nas, and completes the recitation after two or three months?

Answer:
There is no basis for this, and it causes embarrassment for the other imams. They assume that this is a recommended practice (sunnah) and that people are required to do it. This opens the door to hardship and difficulty for the people, and it also causes embarrassment for the imams if they do not do this. Allah the Exalted said, "So recite what is easy for you of it." What is easy for you. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do this; he did not start with al-Baqarah and end with the last of the Qur'an, nor did he recite the entire Qur'an in the obligatory prayers. None of the Salaf did this. This is merely the independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) of some contemporary scholars. They do not find energy for anything but what is not prescribed, whereas what is prescribed feels heavy to them. This is a bad phenomenon among the people and, in particular, among the imams of the mosques. Yes.