{"id":31524,"date":"2018-12-27T10:20:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/reciting-other-surahs-after-al-fatihah-in-the-3rd-and-4th-rakahs-permissible\/"},"modified":"2018-12-27T10:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T10:20:42","slug":"reciting-other-surahs-after-al-fatihah-in-the-3rd-and-4th-rakahs-permissible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/reciting-other-surahs-after-al-fatihah-in-the-3rd-and-4th-rakahs-permissible\/","title":{"rendered":"Reciting Other Surahs after Al-Fatihah in the 3rd and 4th Rakahs: Permissible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #800000; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Reciting Other Surahs After Al-Fatihah in the 3rd and 4th Rakahs<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">What is the ruling of reciting other\u00a0<em>Surahs<\/em>\u00a0or verses from the Quran after Surat<a href=\"http:\/\/www.learning-quran.com\/about-the-quran\/al-fatihah-summary-quran\/\"> Al-Fatihah<\/a> in the third &amp; fourth<em> rakah<\/em> during an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/guide-to-prayer\/3\">obligatory Prayer<\/a>?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated on the authority of his father that the\u00a0Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) would recite in the first two<em> rak`ahs<\/em> of the Zuhr (noon Prayer) and `Asr (Afternoon prayer) the opening chapter of the Book (Al-Fatihah) and another surah. He would sometimes recite loud enough to make it audible to us and would recite in the last two <em>rak`ahs<\/em> Surat Al-Faitihah (only).&#8221; (Muslim)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">It was also narrated that Jabir ibn `Abdullah said: &#8220;We used to recite the Opening of the Book (Surah Al-Fatihah) and a Surah behind the Imam in the first two <em>rak`ahs<\/em> of the Zhuhr and the `Asr prayers, and in the last two rak`ah (we would recite) the Opening of the Book (Surah Al-<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prayerinislam.com\/fatwas-rulings\/reciting-surat-al-fatihah-prayer-must\/\">Fatiha<\/a>).&#8221; (Ibn Majah)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">There is a consensus among the jurists that it is not recommendable to recite a Surah or short verses from the Quran after the third and fourth raka`ahs during the obligatory prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Watch this short talk to know more about this ruling with Dr. Muhammad Salah.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ONOim6lxVWc\" width=\"620\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the ruling of reciting short verses or surahs after Al-Fatihah in the 3rd and 4th Rakahs during the obligatory prayer? 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