LessonsThe Sunnahs of Prayer, Part 2: Recitation and MovementsQuiz

وَأَنْ تَكُونَ السُّورَةُ الْمَضْمُومَةُ لِلْفَاتِحَةِ مِنْ طِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِي الْفَجْرِ وَالظُّهْرِ، وَمِنْ أَوْسَاطِهِ فِي الْعَصْرِ وَالْعِشَاءِ، وَمِنْ قِصَارِهِ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ لِلْمُقِيمِ ... وَإِطَالَةُ الْأُولَى فِي الْفَجْرِ فَقَطْ

For a resident, the commentary describes the Mufassal ranges approximately as:
• longer: from al-Hujurat toward al-Buruj — Fajr and Zuhr;
• middle: from around al-Buruj toward al-Bayyinah — Asr and Isha;
• shorter: from al-Bayyinah to the end of the Quran — Maghrib.

A traveler may choose any convenient Surah. The author also lists making the first rak'ah longer than the second specifically in Fajr.

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Sunnahs 16–17: Surah Length and Fajr's First Rak'ah

The Sunnahs of Prayer, Part 2: Recitation and Movements

وَأَنْ تَكُونَ السُّورَةُ الْمَضْمُومَةُ لِلْفَاتِحَةِ مِنْ طِوَالِ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِي الْفَجْرِ وَالظُّهْرِ، وَمِنْ أَوْسَاطِهِ فِي الْعَصْرِ وَالْعِشَاءِ، وَمِنْ قِصَارِهِ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ لِلْمُقِيمِ ... وَإِطَالَةُ الْأُولَى فِي الْفَجْرِ فَقَطْ

For a resident, the commentary describes the Mufassal ranges approximately as:
• longer: from al-Hujurat toward al-Buruj — Fajr and Zuhr;
• middle: from around al-Buruj toward al-Bayyinah — Asr and Isha;
• shorter: from al-Bayyinah to the end of the Quran — Maghrib.

A traveler may choose any convenient Surah. The author also lists making the first rak'ah longer than the second specifically in Fajr.