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تصفح برقم المجلد > Volume 12 > Book on Salah, Part Three > Jumu`ah Prayer > Reciting Surah Al-Sajdah and making Sujud-ul-Tilawah in the Fajr Prayer offered on Friday

(Part No. 12; Page No. 398)
Reciting Surah Al-Sajdah

and making Sujud-ul-Tilawah in the Fajr Prayer offered on Friday [1]

Q: Is it an act of Sunnah (whatever is reported from the Prophet) to recite Surah Al-Sajdah and make Sujud-ul-Tilawah (Prostration of Recitation) in the Fajr (Dawn) Prayer offered on Friday? If it is an act of Sunnah, should one observe it regularly?
A: It is an act of Sunnah that the Imam recites Surah Al-Sajdah and makes Sujud-ul-Tilawah in the first Rak`ah (unit of Prayer) of the Fajr Prayer on Friday. It is also Sunnah to recite Surah Al-'Insan which starts with: Has there not been over man a period of time [2] This is based on the Hadith narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). A similar Hadith was also narrated by Muslim on the authority of Ibn `Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father). A third similar Hadith was narrated by Al-Tabarany on the authority of Ibn Mas`ud (may Allah be pleased with him) where Ibn Mas`ud gives the following addition: "The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to recite these two Surahs regularly". Thus, it is Sunnah to observe reciting them regularly.
(Part No. 12; Page No. 399)
Q: What is the ruling on someone who recites Surah Al-Sajdah in the two Rak`ahs of the Fajr Prayer offered on Friday? [3]
A: If they do so, they will not be practicing the Sunnah. They should be directed to do the acts of Sunnah, but the Prayer is valid. There is nothing wrong with reciting other Surahs occasionally with the purpose of teaching others that it is not obligatory to recite these particular Surahs every Friday. May Allah grant us success.


          
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