The Ruling on the Order of the Surahs of the Qur'an When Reciting in Prayer

Question:
In another question, he says: I was leading the people in the Maghrib prayer. In the first rak'ah, I recited al-Fatihah and Surat al-Ma'un, and in the second rak'ah, I recited al-Fatihah and Surat al-Duha. After finishing the prayer, one of the worshippers said to me: "Do not place Surat al-Ma'un before al-Duha." I was in the time of prayer, not in the time of reading the Qur'an. Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
It is better, as your brother told you, to arrange the recitation as it is in the mushaf: you recite al-Duha first, then al-Ma'un in the second, and do not reverse the order. However, there is no blame on you; there is no blame in what you did—may Allah will it—by reciting al-Ma'un and then reciting al-Duha. There is no blame, but you left what is better and more preferred. The Companions arranged the Qur'an as it was revealed in the final recitation to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). So you and others should recite the Qur'an as it is in the mushaf: starting with al-Fatihah, then al-Baqarah, then Ali 'Imran, then al-Nisa, then al-Ma'idah, and so on until the end, without reversing the order. If you recite al-Ma'un, then recite after it or any other surah that comes after it, and do not recite the one before it: or or or . No, this is the better, this is the better, but there is no blame, and praise be to Allah. Yes.

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