What is the ruling on dividing Surat al-Insan or Surat al-Sajdah in the Fajr prayer on Friday?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh: What is the ruling on what some imams do?
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on what some imams do?
The Shaykh : Who is it that does this?
The questioner : What do some imams do in the Friday prayer, reading Surat al-Sajdah in the two rak'ahs, or reading Surat al-Insan in the two rak'ahs?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that this is a grave error, because dividing a single surah between the two rak'ahs means that the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is not correct. We ask Allah for safety. Is he more knowledgeable about what pleases Allah than the Messenger of Allah? The answer is: No. Is he more merciful to the servants of Allah than the Messenger of Allah? No. So why does he transgress the limits? If he wants to read both surahs in full as the Sunnah has it, then there is no doubt that this is good and fine, and people should pray for him. If he does not want to read them, he should read whatever is easy from the Qur'an other than them. As for coming and dividing the Sunnah and distributing it, Glory to Allah! How will he meet Allah (Mighty and Majestic) on the Day of Resurrection? I do not know what he will answer[Al-Qasas 28:65] and the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 6008 So you either pray as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prayed, reading al-Sajdah in the first and "Has there come" in the second, or you turn to other surahs. And as for any of these people you see, advise him. Say: "O my brother, do not be an opponent to the Messenger on the Day of Resurrection, contradicting him in a clear and obvious way." Yes, he may say that he is concerned for the people. We say: Yes, he is concerned for the people because you have not accustomed them to it. If they had become accustomed to it, it would have been easy. And you are not more merciful to the people than the one who said: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 236Sahih (Darussalam) He may say: "I have, for example, old men and I have sick people." The old man sits, and praise be to Allah, if he gets tired he sits. Yes.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : What is the ruling on what some imams do?
The Shaykh : Who is it that does this?
The questioner : What do some imams do in the Friday prayer, reading Surat al-Sajdah in the two rak'ahs, or reading Surat al-Insan in the two rak'ahs?
The Shaykh : Yes, there is no doubt that this is a grave error, because dividing a single surah between the two rak'ahs means that the action of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is not correct. We ask Allah for safety. Is he more knowledgeable about what pleases Allah than the Messenger of Allah? The answer is: No. Is he more merciful to the servants of Allah than the Messenger of Allah? No. So why does he transgress the limits? If he wants to read both surahs in full as the Sunnah has it, then there is no doubt that this is good and fine, and people should pray for him. If he does not want to read them, he should read whatever is easy from the Qur'an other than them. As for coming and dividing the Sunnah and distributing it, Glory to Allah! How will he meet Allah (Mighty and Majestic) on the Day of Resurrection? I do not know what he will answer