Number of recitations: seven or ten
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes I hear that the recitations are seven, and sometimes that they are ten.
Answer:
Yes, yes. It is reported that they are seven; these seven are the mass-transmitted ones. As for the ten, it is even reported that they are fifteen. However, any recitation beyond the seven is a report with a limited chain; its chain of narration may be authentic, or it may not be authentic. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Sometimes I hear that the recitations are seven, and sometimes that they are ten.
Answer:
Yes, yes. It is reported that they are seven; these seven are the mass-transmitted ones. As for the ten, it is even reported that they are fifteen. However, any recitation beyond the seven is a report with a limited chain; its chain of narration may be authentic, or it may not be authentic. Yes.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب الحجة في الصلاة بقراءة ابن مسعود وأُبَي — islamhouse.com (50:00)
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