And peace and blessings be upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows:
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The reader: And peace and blessings be upon His servant and our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) said in the book *Iqtida' al-Sirat al-Mustaqim*: "And Muslim narrated in his *Sahih* from the hadith of Ja'far ibn Sulayman from Thabit from Anas who said: .
He clarified that the lightening he used to do was lightening the recitation, even though that would necessitate bowing and prostration suitable for the recitation. For this reason, he said: meaning that some of it was close in length to the rest.
And Anas spoke the truth: for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the Fajr prayer approximately sixty to one hundred verses. He would recite in the two rak'ahs with the long surahs of the Mu'awwidhat with and , and with As-Saffat, and with ; and sometimes he would recite what was longer than that, and sometimes what was lighter.
As for 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he used to recite in the Fajr prayer Yunus, Hud, and Yusuf, and perhaps he knew that the people behind him preferred that".
The Shaykh : Meaning they preferred that, i.e., they desired it. And if the people behind the imam desire lengthening, there is no harm in lengthening more than what was his custom, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 703 And the one who chooses the congregation to lengthen for them is as if he prayed for himself. Yes.
The reader: "As for 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he used to recite in the Fajr prayer Yunus, Hud, and Yusuf, and perhaps he knew that the people behind him preferred that".
The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) would hear the crying of a child with his mother while he was in prayer, so he would recite a light surah or a short surah.
كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يَسمع بكاء الصبي مع أمه، وهو في الصلاة، فيقرأ بالسورة الخفيفة أو بالسورة القصيرةHe clarified that the lightening he used to do was lightening the recitation, even though that would necessitate bowing and prostration suitable for the recitation. For this reason, he said:
His prayer was of moderate length.
كانت صلاته متقاربةAnd Anas spoke the truth: for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite in the Fajr prayer approximately sixty to one hundred verses. He would recite in the two rak'ahs with the long surahs of the Mu'awwidhat with
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قAs for 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he used to recite in the Fajr prayer Yunus, Hud, and Yusuf, and perhaps he knew that the people behind him preferred that".
The Shaykh : Meaning they preferred that, i.e., they desired it. And if the people behind the imam desire lengthening, there is no harm in lengthening more than what was his custom, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
and if anyone among your prays alone then he may prolong (the prayer) as much as he wishes.
إذا صلى أحدكم لنفسه فليطول ما شاءThe reader: "As for 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he used to recite in the Fajr prayer Yunus, Hud, and Yusuf, and perhaps he knew that the people behind him preferred that".