Reciting the Qur'an in Prayer
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Reciting over the one afflicted with epilepsy
Question: Some people collapse in front of me, and they say strange things and scream,And it is said: claiming that spirits or spiritual jinn have taken up residence in them. I am unable to do anything for them other than recite Ayat al-Kursi, al-Fatihah, al-Ikhlas, and the two Mu'awwidhat, and I seek refuge in Allah and His words from the evil of Shaytan and his shirk. I have heard that there is a specific dhikr said in such a case, so what is it?
Answer: He should recite the Qur'an over him, specifically (Ayat al-Kursi), and (Say: He is Allah, the One), and (Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Daybreak), and (Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind), as well as (the prescribed seekings of refuge): (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created). These are the only treatments for the one afflicted with epilepsy in this matter.
[Reciting the Qur'an in prayer]
Question: Our Friday imam in the loud prayers lengthens the recitation in the second rak'ah and shortens it in the first rak'ah. Is his action in accordance with the Sunnah or contrary to it?
Answer: This is considered contrary to what is preferred. The preferred and better course is for the first rak'ah of Dhuhr, 'Asr, and the other prayers to be longer than the second. If the opposite is the case, it is contrary to what is preferred, if the lengthening is significant. However, if it is a slight lengthening, a small increase, then there is no harm in it, if Allah wills.
Question: Some people collapse in front of me, and they say strange things and scream,And it is said: claiming that spirits or spiritual jinn have taken up residence in them. I am unable to do anything for them other than recite Ayat al-Kursi, al-Fatihah, al-Ikhlas, and the two Mu'awwidhat, and I seek refuge in Allah and His words from the evil of Shaytan and his shirk. I have heard that there is a specific dhikr said in such a case, so what is it?
Answer: He should recite the Qur'an over him, specifically (Ayat al-Kursi), and (Say: He is Allah, the One), and (Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of the Daybreak), and (Say: I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind), as well as (the prescribed seekings of refuge): (I seek refuge in the perfect words of Allah from the evil of what He has created). These are the only treatments for the one afflicted with epilepsy in this matter.
[Reciting the Qur'an in prayer]
Question: Our Friday imam in the loud prayers lengthens the recitation in the second rak'ah and shortens it in the first rak'ah. Is his action in accordance with the Sunnah or contrary to it?
Answer: This is considered contrary to what is preferred. The preferred and better course is for the first rak'ah of Dhuhr, 'Asr, and the other prayers to be longer than the second. If the opposite is the case, it is contrary to what is preferred, if the lengthening is significant. However, if it is a slight lengthening, a small increase, then there is no harm in it, if Allah wills.