Question # 474: Assalamu 'laikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, I would like to know minimum how long (how many aya't) should I recite from a surah of the Quran. Is it permissible to recite only 2 or 3 aya't from a surah? Thank in advance. bismi-llahi r-raḥmani r-raḥīm, Assalamu 'laikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh, All praise and thanks are due As you have mentioned, the minimum requirement for the necessary recitation in Salaah is three verses or one verse equivalent to three. However, the minimum requirement for the amount of letters necessary is, according to one opinion, eighteen. Al-Āyāt prayer (Arabic: صلاة الآيات, literally: prayer of signs) is among obligatory prayers and mukallaf people must perform it upon the occurrence of certain natural events. Al-Ayat prayer has two rak'as, each of which has five ruku' and its manner of performance is mentioned in the books of practical rulings. Its performance is The minimum obligatory (fard) amount is one short verse in total. Allah Most High commands, "Recite whatever is made easy for you of the Qur'an." [Qur'an, 73.20]. The necessary (wajib) amount is the Fatiha and the extent of three short verses, based on Prophetic practice and instruction. [Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar; Shurunbulali, Maraqi What is the minimum number of verses that it is permissible to recite? Answer Praise be to Allah. Reciting a soorah after al-Faatihah in the first two rak'ahs of the prayer is mustahabb (recommended), not waajib (obligatory), according to the majority of scholars. giAuij9.

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