Consistency in Reciting al-Mufassal in the Fajr Prayer
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on the imam continuing to recite al-Mufassal in the Fajr prayer, starting from Surah al-Dhariyat and reading in order each day until he reaches Surah 'Abasa, and then starting over again?
Answer:
That is good, but now they have left al-Mufassal and left what the people used to recite, and they have come up with a new method where they start reading from the middle of the Qur'an, and they make mistakes and get confused. If they had stuck to reciting al-Mufassal, it would have been easier for them. The verses of al-Mufassal are short because it was revealed in Makkah; it is all Meccan, unlike the long surahs and long verses, which were revealed after the Hijrah.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: What is the ruling on the imam continuing to recite al-Mufassal in the Fajr prayer, starting from Surah al-Dhariyat and reading in order each day until he reaches Surah 'Abasa, and then starting over again?
Answer:
That is good, but now they have left al-Mufassal and left what the people used to recite, and they have come up with a new method where they start reading from the middle of the Qur'an, and they make mistakes and get confused. If they had stuck to reciting al-Mufassal, it would have been easier for them. The verses of al-Mufassal are short because it was revealed in Makkah; it is all Meccan, unlike the long surahs and long verses, which were revealed after the Hijrah.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن أبلغ كيد الشيطان وسخريته بالمفتونين بالصور — islamhouse.com (1:15:27)
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