The ruling on adding a Surah
in the third or fourth Rak’at of a Fard Salah
Question 1: What do Islamic scholars
say about this matter: If someone added a Surah to Surah Al-Fatihah in the
third or fourth Rak’at of a 4-Rak’aat Fard Salah then what is the ruling? And
if a Surah is added, will Sajdah Sahw become compulsory? (Questioner: Hasnayn Meeran – a Mahnamah reader)
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ
الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
There is a difference of opinion of Fuqaha (Islamic jurists)
regarding reciting another Surah after Surah Al-Fatihah in the third and fourth
Rak’at of Fard Salah. According to some Fuqaha
it is Mustahab (preferable) whereas, some declare it as Makruh Tanzeehi. Sayyidi A’la Hadrat رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ has
reconciled this difference of opinion of Fuqaha in Fatawa Razawiyyah volume
8, page 195 in this way: Where adding Surah in the third and fourth Rak’at of
Fard Salah is mentioned as Makruh, it means to add Surah after reciting Surah Al-Fatihah
by the Imam and where it is mentioned as Mustahab and Nafl, it means to add
Surah by an individual (Salah offering person). Therefore, in the light of this
reconciliation, there is no harm in it rather Mustahab to add another Surah
after Surah Al-Fatihah in the third and fourth Rak’at of Fard Salah for the
individual i.e. the one who offers Salah individually. However, for Imam adding
Surah in the third and fourth Rak’at of Fard Salah is Makruh Tanzeehi. In case,
if adding Surah causes distress to Muqtadis[1] then
it is Makruh Tahreemi i.e., near to Haraam. And as far as Sajdah Sahw is
concerned it becomes Wajib upon forgetfully missing any Wajib of Salah. In case
of adding a Surah in the third or fourth Rak’at of Fard Salah, no Wajib of the
person offering Salah gets missed. Therefore, if Imam or a person offering
Salah individually, intentionally or unintentionally adds Surah, no Sajdah Sahw
will be Wajib in either case.
وَاللہُ
اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ واٰلِہٖ
وَسَلَّم
How is it to offer other Salahs with the Wudu done for funeral Salah?
Question 2: What do the Islamic scholars
say regarding this matter: Can we offer other Salahs with the Wudu done for funeral
Salah? It is famous in public that other Salahs cannot be offered from the Wudu
done for funeral Salah. Is it correct? (Questioner: An
Islamic sister, Sardarabad)
بِسْمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
اَلْجَوَابُ بِعَوْنِ
الْمَلِکِ الْوَھَّابِ اَللّٰھُمَّ ھِدَایَۃَ الْحَقِّ وَالصَّوَابِ
All other Salahs Fard, Wajib, Sunnah and Nafl can
indeed be offered from the Wudu done for funeral Salah. There is no problem
with it. The ruling prevailing in public that other Salahs cannot be offered
from the Wudu of funeral Salah is merely false and incorrect.
Imam of Ahl-us-Sunnah, Shah Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَۃُ اللہِ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ replies
to a similar question, ‘This ruling famous amongst the uneducated that ‘from
the Wudu of funeral Salah one cannot offer other Salah’, is incorrect,
wrong and baseless. The true ruling is that if funeral Salah is started and
some people came (to attend), they are healthy and water is available (i.e.
there is no ‘Uzr-e-Shar’i for them to perform Wudu) but if they perform Wudu
then the funeral Salah will be finished and there is no Qada of funeral Salah
nor funeral Salah can be offered again on the same deceased. This compulsion
allows them to make Tayammum and join the funeral Salah, other Salahs cannot be
offered from this Tayammum nor can they touch the Holy Quran nor can they
perform those acts which can only be performed after obtaining Taharah,
because, this Tayammum was done in spite of being healthy and availability of
water due to a compulsion, therefore, only funeral Salah could be offered from
this Tayammum as such this very Tayammum is not valid for other Salahs.’ (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 3, pp. 305)
وَاللہُ
اَعْلَمُ عَزَّوَجَلَّ وَ رَسُوْلُہٗ اَعْلَم صَلَّی اللّٰہُ تَعَالٰی عَلَیْہِ واٰلِہٖ
وَسَلَّم
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