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The Regular Recitation of Surah al-Sajdah and Surah al-Insan in the Fajr Prayer on Friday

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: I am the imam of a mosque, and I lead the congregation in the Fajr prayer on Friday by reciting Surat al-Sajdah and Surat al-Insan consistently. Some of the ma'mum (those praying behind the imam) are annoyed by this and speak about it, which has led to some resentment from them. What do you advise me to do? Should I continue with this practice?

Answer:
We advise you not to persist in doing this every Friday. Leave out some Fridays to make it easier for the people, and do not persist in doing it every Friday. The scholars have stated this.
The second matter is to lighten the recitation, because some of the youth prolong the recitation for the people with excessive tartil (measured recitation), stretching out the sounds, breaking up the words, and repeating them, which burdens the people. He should recite with lightness and a balanced, moderate recitation, between the hurried and the stretched-out.
If the imam recites with a moderate recitation, it does not burden the people; rather, they take pleasure in his recitation. But if it burdens them with what they call tajwid (the rules of Qur'anic recitation), which is not tajwid, this is an excess beyond tajwid. Tajwid has rules and guidelines; one should not exaggerate in it, and one should consider the conditions of the ma'mum in the recitation. Yes.
Source شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من أبواب السواك وسنن الفطرة — islamhouse.com (1:09:09)

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