[averkif]

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah,

Sometimes, when I am in a hurry at work (e.g. going into a meeting), I tend to restrict my sunnah prayers to its waajib elements. However, I had a query about: “Omitting the surah after Fatiha”.

From my understanding, Shafi’is don’t consider it as an arkaan nor a waajib so sujud is not required. It will be really helpful if you could share the positions of the other 3 school e.g. if prostration of forgetfulness is required or not. InshaAllah, my intention is to pray a prayer that is valid according to all 4 schools even if time's running tight.

Wassalam

Jazakumullah Khair

[Abofedrorobox]

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah,

Sometimes, when I am in a hurry at work (e.g. going into a meeting), I tend to restrict my sunnah prayers to its waajib elements. However, I had a query about: “Omitting the surah after Fatiha”.

From my understanding, Shafi’is don’t consider it as an arkaan nor a waajib so sujud is not required. It will be really helpful if you could share the positions of the other 3 school e.g. if prostration of forgetfulness is required or not. InshaAllah, my intention is to pray a prayer that is valid according to all 4 schools even if time's running tight.

Wassalam

Jazakumullah Khair

yes you may leave the surah in your sunnah salah. however if its a fardh salah & you leave the surrah out then the sajidah becomes necessary because its from the abaadh of salah. akhi if you leave out a wajib or a rukun (one & the same for shafi's) then you would need to repeat the salah. a sajidah would not be enough.

[averkif]

Salaam Akhi,

Sorry I think your post just raised some doubts in my hearts. Could you please clarify as I can't see the "Second Surah" listed either as an integral or a main sunna in the Reliance of the Traveller:

f9.14 The prayer's integrals (ruku, pl, arkan) are seventeen:
(a) the intention (def: f8.3);
(b) the opening Allahu Akbar (f8.7);
(c) standing (f8.27);
(d) the Fatiha (f8.17);
(e) bowing (f8.29);
(f) remaining motionless a moment therein;
(g) straightening back up after bowing (f8.31);
(h) remaining motionless a moment therein;
(i) prostration (f8.33);
(j) remaining motionless a moment therein;
(k) sitting back (f8.36) between the two prostrations;
(l) remaining motionless a moment therein;
(m) the prayer's final Testification of Faith (Tashahhud) (f8.45);
(n) sitting therein (f8.43);
(o) the Blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) after the prayer's final Testification of Faith (f8.45);
(p) saying "as-Salamu 'alaykum" the first of the two times it is said at the end of the prayer (f8.47);
(q) and the proper sequence of the above integrals.

f9.15 The prayer's main sunnas (A: meaning those which if omitted call for a forgetfulness prostration (def:f11)) are six:
(a) the prayer's first Testification of Faith (Tashahhud) (N: in prayers that have two);
(b) sitting during it;
(c) the Blessings on the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) after it (f8,45);
(d) the blessings on his family in the prayer's final Testification of Faith (Tashahhud);
(e) the supplication (f8.53) after bowing in the final rak'a of the dawn prayer (subh);
(f) and standing therein.

f9.16 All other parts of the prayer are ordinary sunnas (O: and missing one is not compensated by a forgetfulness prostration).

[everlastinge]

Wa alaykumus salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh

According to the Hanafi school:

Recitation of the Fatiha is wajib.

In the first two rak'ah of an obligatory prayer it is wajib to add a surah or three verses.

Additionally, it is wajib to recite a surah with the fatiha in all the rak'ahs of the witr and voluntary prayers.

If a person fotgetfully omits a wajib element of a prayer, it becomes necessary to perform the prostrations of forgetfulness.

If one deliberately omits a wajib element, he has sinned and must repeat the prayer.

[Nur al-Idah]

Wasalaam

[yespkorg]

As-salamu ´alaykum Sayyidi Abu Dahdah,

In the Shafi´i school your Salah is sound even if you leave out the Surah. In addition, as you know, sajda as-sahw is recommended, and leaving it out would not render your Salah invalid (if leaving out the Surah had necessitated it in the first place, which it does not). As you may know, the opinion of al-Imam ash-Shafi´i (rahmatu'Allahi ´alayh) himself is that it is Sunnah to recite a second Surah in all raka´at. And this is the reported practice of Sayyidina Abu Bakr as-Siddiq (radiya'Allahu ´anh). As for the remaining schools; in the Maliki math'hab you will find the opinion that the second Surah is Wajib in the first two raka´at, supporting themselves with the Hadith of there not being a prayer without Fatihat al-Kitab, with the addition "and a Surah after it".

wa'Llahu a'lam