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IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-308 : KADAR PANJANG BACAAN IMAM BAGI SOLAT FARDU
What is the sunnah length of the imam's recitation in each obligatory prayer, and is it appropriate for an imam to lengthen it to the point of burdening the congregation?
Short answer
Reciting a surah after Al-Fatihah is a recommended act that completes the prayer, and the follower is not recommended to recite a surah but is encouraged to listen to the imam.
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum (Umum)
- Topic
- Prayer (Salah)
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Reciting a surah after Al-Fatihah is a recommended act that completes the prayer, and the follower is not recommended to recite a surah but is encouraged to listen to the imam. According to the sunnah of the Prophet, the Fajr recitation is long using the long Mufassal, Zuhr is lengthened in the first two rakaat but less than Fajr, Asr and Isha are moderate, and Maghrib is short using the short Mufassal. Scholars link these lengths to the nature of each prayer time and the number of rakaat, and hadiths show the Prophet sometimes recited sixty to a hundred verses or a whole surah in Fajr.
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Sheikh Zakariyya Al-Ansari menyebut bahawa sunat membaca Al-Mufassal[1] yang panjang pada solat Subuh.
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How to cite
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM SIRI KE-308 : KADAR PANJANG BACAAN IMAM BAGI SOLAT FARDU”, 25 June 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/umum/3511-irsyad-al-fatwa-siri-ke-308-kadar-panjang-bacaan-imam-bagi-solat-fardu. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/length-of-imam-recitation-obligatory-prayers/