Ruling on the imam reading a portion of a surah in prayer

Ruling on the imam reading a portion of a surah in prayer

His Eminence the Shaykh: Is it permissible for the imam to read part of a surah during the loud prayers?
Yes.
It is permissible for the one praying to read a complete surah or part of a surah, whether that part is from the beginning, the middle, or the end,Due to the generality of His saying, the Exalted: [Al-Muzzammil: 20] and the generality of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): (Read what is easy for you of the Qur'an) But it is better to read a complete surah; because this is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) to when he said to him: (Why don't you read [Al-Shams: 1] , [Al-Layl: 1] , and [Al-A'la: 1] ) and the like,For this reason, the scholars said: It should be that he reads a surah that is from the long ones of the last part of the Qur'an for Fajr, from the short ones for Maghrib, and from the medium ones for the rest. The long ones of the last part are from (Qaf) to (Al-Qalam), the short ones are from (Al-Duha) to the end of the Qur'an, and the medium ones are from (Al-Qalam) to (Al-Duha).
This is what is better. And if he reads from the long ones in Maghrib sometimes, that is from the Sunnah, for it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he read in it with Al-Tur, and he read in it with Al-Mursalat, and he read in it with the surah Al-A'raf,But the common practice is to read from the short ones, meaning: It should be that his reading is mostly as we described; from the long ones of the last part for Fajr, from the short ones for Maghrib, and from the medium ones for the rest. And if he reads verses from a surah, there is no blame on him; for it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (read in the two rak'ahs of Fajr, in the first: Say, "We believe in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Ibrahim.
) [Al-Baqarah: 136] and in the second rak'ah: [Al-Imran: 64] ) But for a person not to read the whole surah except rarely, as is found with some imams; you hardly hear him read a complete surah, but rather he always reads verses from a surah. And this is undoubtedly contrary to the Sunnah.