Is it prescribed to seek refuge with Allah at verses of punishment and to supplicate at verses of mercy in the obligatory prayer?

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Does the one praying ask Allah the Exalted for mercy at a verse of mercy, and seek refuge at a verse of punishment in the obligatory prayer?

Answer:
Yes, in the obligatory prayer and in the voluntary prayer. In the voluntary prayer, this is by scholarly consensus. As for the obligatory prayer, there is scholarly disagreement, and the correct view is that it is done even in the obligatory prayer; because what is permissible in the voluntary prayer is permissible in the obligatory prayer unless there is evidence indicating a distinction. For this reason, al-Raqi mentions that supplication is made at a verse, asking at a verse of mercy and seeking refuge at a verse of punishment, even in an obligatory prayer, even in an obligatory prayer, as a reference to the disagreement.