What is the recommended practice regarding recitation in the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers?

Question:
After this, a message was sent by one of the listening brothers asking a collection of questions. In one of them, he says: In the Dhuhr and 'Asr prayers, I pray the first and second units and recite al-Fatihah along with a surah. As for the last two units, I do not recite anything but al-Fatihah. Is my prayer valid?

Answer:
Yes, this is the recommended practice. The recommended practice is to recite al-Fatihah and whatever is easy with it in the first and second units, while in the third and fourth units, one recites al-Fatihah, as this came in the hadith of Abu Qatadah in the two Sahihs: However, if one adds to the recitation beyond al-Fatihah, his prayer is valid; it does not harm. But in the Dhuhr prayer, if one adds sometimes and recites some verses or some short surahs in the third and fourth units of the Dhuhr, there is no harm; because it is established from the hadith of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri in Muslim what indicates that, and that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to do this sometimes. So if one adds a little to al-Fatihah sometimes, not habitually, in the third and fourth units of the Dhuhr, there is no blame in that. But the predominant practice of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was that he would recite only al-Fatihah, sufficing with it in the third and fourth units (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.

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