The 'Asr prayer is the best of the prayers
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You mentioned that the 'Asr prayer is the best of the prescribed prayers,And the saying of Allah, the Exalted: [Al-Isra: 78] Does this not indicate that the Fajr prayer might be better, O Shaykh?
It does not indicate that; because this is the recitation of Fajr, which is witnessed, and likewise 'Asr; but the recitation of 'Asr was not mentioned; because its recitation is shorter than Fajr; and because it is not recited aloud,And otherwise, even in 'Asr the angels gather: the angels of the night, and the angels of the day, as they gather in the Fajr prayer; but the secret, and Allah knows best, is that because the Fajr prayer is distinguished by lengthening the recitation and by being recited aloud, Allah referred to it as the recitation,So he said: [Al-Isra: 78] , and that was not the case with the 'Asr prayer,And as I mentioned to you that Allah said: [Al-Baqarah: 238] and the middle prayer is the 'Asr prayer, which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted as such, yes.
and [also] the Qur'an of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
وَقُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ إِنَّ قُرْآنَ الْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُوداًIt does not indicate that; because this is the recitation of Fajr, which is witnessed, and likewise 'Asr; but the recitation of 'Asr was not mentioned; because its recitation is shorter than Fajr; and because it is not recited aloud,And otherwise, even in 'Asr the angels gather: the angels of the night, and the angels of the day, as they gather in the Fajr prayer; but the secret, and Allah knows best, is that because the Fajr prayer is distinguished by lengthening the recitation and by being recited aloud, Allah referred to it as the recitation,So he said: