A question about salah

[A-believer-25]

:salam2:

I have a question about salah (prayer). Are we supposed to only recite another surah after al-fathia for the first 2 rakkats?

 

[thariq2005]

Wa `alaykum salaam wa rahmatullaah

Yup

 

[Libinette]

Any evidence to back up the 'Yup' above?

 

[samiha]

wa 'alaykum salaam

Some interesting points to note:

It was narrated that ‘Ata’ said: Abu Hurayrah said: In every prayer there is recitation. What we heard the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, we tell you, and what he did not tell us about we cannot tell you. Whoever recites Umm al-Kitaab (i.e., Soorat al-Faatihah) has done enough, and whoever does more than that, that is better.

Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 738; Muslim, 396.

Al-Nawawi said:

The phrase, “Whoever recites Umm al-Kitaab (i.e., Soorat al-Faatihah) has done enough, and whoever does more than that, that is better” indicates that reciting al-Faatihah is obligatory, and that nothing else will do.

It also indicates that reciting a soorah after al-Faatihah is mustahabb. There is scholarly consensus on this point with regard to Fajr, Jumu’ah and the first two rak’ahs of every prayer, and this is Sunnah according to all scholars. Al-Qaadi ‘Iyaad (may Allaah have mercy on him) narrated that some of the companions of Maalik said that reciting a second soorah is obligatory, but this is an odd view which is to be rejected.

With regard to reciting an additional soorah in the third and fourth rak’ahs, there was a difference of opinion among the scholars as to whether it is mustahabb or not. Maalik (may Allaah have mercy on him) regarded it as makrooh. Al-Shaafa’i (may Allaah be pleased with him) regarded it as mustahabb in his new opinion but not in his old opinion; the old opinion in this case is more correct.

Sharh Muslim, 4/105, 106.

Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) said:

According to the majority of scholars, reciting another soorah (after al-Faatihah) is Sunnah and is not obligatory, because it is obligatory to recite only al-Faatihah.

Al-Sharh al-Mumti’, 3/103
...

It is permissible for a worshipper to recite another soorah after al-Faatihah in the third and fourth rak’ahs, but he should do that only sometimes; it was narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did this according to a hadeeth narrated by Muslim (452).

And Allaah knows best.

Source: http://islam-qa.com/en/ref/6422/

 

[BrotherInIslam7]

:salam2:

Please refer to Chapter 7 of Recitation in the book 'The Prophet's Prayer Described'. The daleel for each narration is provided in the book as footnotes. There is plentiful information about the permissibility of reciting short soorah after Al Fatihah, so InshaAllah everyone can refer to it.

Here is the link.

Wasalaamalaykum

 

[A-believer-25]

Thank you all for the responses!

May Allah (SWT) reward you all!

 

[BegumRehana]

Asalamwalaikum..
I just wanted to ask a question from my view.. Is it bidaah that when we finish making du'a with both of our hands, we wipe it over our face..?

JazakaAllah

 

[DanyalSAC]

Asalamwalaikum..
I just wanted to ask a question from my view.. Is it bidaah that when we finish making du'a with both of our hands, we wipe it over our face..?

JazakaAllah

According to this shaykh it is...

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He addresses wiping the face at about 6:30 in to the video if you want to skip ahead, though I found the whole video informative.

 

[thariq2005]

Asalamwalaikum..
I just wanted to ask a question from my view.. Is it bidaah that when we finish making du'a with both of our hands, we wipe it over our face..?

JazakaAllah

Wa `alaykum salaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh

Bid`ah might be a bit too strong to use as there is a difference of opinion on this matter, and the scholars differed over the hadeeth of `Umar radiyAllaahu `anhu narrated by Imaam at-Tirmidhi.

Generally the scholars weaken the narration, although some of the great Imaams authenticated. So people should not be hasty in telling people that wiping over the face is bid`ah (don't worry akhee danyalSAC, I am not talking about you... just saying in general ) and rather call people towards more important matters of the deen.

However, you should note that the correct opinion is to NOT wipe over the face.

Any evidence to back up the 'Yup' above?

Are you asking for evidence for reciting a Soorah after Faatihah?

 

[ayesha.ansari]

while offering prayer, after reciting Surah fateh, we start reciting surah ikhlas, you can recite it, and it is more good that you recite any quranic surah, instead of surah ikhlas,, but we cant say that it is very important..