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Specifying certain surahs for the night prayer

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is a message from the sender, Ha-Alef, from Riyadh, addressed to the Honorable Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan. She says: Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. After that, I have questions I would like you to answer. Her first question is: What are the best surahs that it is recommended to recite in the night prayer?

Answer:
There are no specific surahs designated for the night prayer; rather, one recites whatever is easy for him from the Qur’an, based on the saying of the Exalted and Majestic:
so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur'anفَاقْرَءُوا مَا تَيَسَّرَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ
[Al-Muzzammil 73:20]
It is best to recite
Exalt the name of your Lord, the Most High,سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الْأَعْلَى
[Al-A'la 87:1]
in the first rak’ah, and “Say: O you disbelievers” in the second, and to recite “Say: He is Allah, the One” after al-Fatihah in the third. This is what is best. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5522- تخصيص صلاة قيام الليل بسور معينة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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