Reciting Surat al-Sajdah in the Fajr prayer on Friday
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if you pray the Fajr prayer on Friday, do you recite Surat al-Sajdah and Surat al-Insan?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Some people say that if you pray in congregation for Fajr on Friday…
The Shaykh:
No, this is acting in accordance with the Sunnah, and it has its merit, but this is laziness, so do not pay attention to it. If you act in accordance with the Sunnah, do not pay attention to those who… Peace be upon him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lengthen the prayer, and a man would not know who was next to him in the darkness, nor would he leave it until he knew his companion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lengthen the prayer. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:[Al-Isra 17:78] meaning the Fajr prayer, which He called the Qur'an because the recitation in it is long.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, if you pray the Fajr prayer on Friday, do you recite Surat al-Sajdah and Surat al-Insan?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Some people say that if you pray in congregation for Fajr on Friday…
The Shaykh:
No, this is acting in accordance with the Sunnah, and it has its merit, but this is laziness, so do not pay attention to it. If you act in accordance with the Sunnah, do not pay attention to those who… Peace be upon him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lengthen the prayer, and a man would not know who was next to him in the darkness, nor would he leave it until he knew his companion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would lengthen the prayer. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says:
and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًا
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شرح عمدة الأحكام، باب صفة صلاة النبيّ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - — islamhouse.com (1:00:40)
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