In Which Prayer Is the Longest Recitation Done?
Source: Fatāwā Amunpūrī by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amunpūrī
❖ Question
In which prayer is the longest recitation performed?
❖ Answer
The longest recitation is prescribed and Sunnah in the Fajr prayer.
❖ Evidence from Ḥadīth
◈ Abū Barzah al-Aslamī (RA) reported:
((يقرأ فيها ما بين الستين إلى المائة))
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite between sixty and one hundred verses in Fajr prayer.”
— Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 541, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 461
❖ Scholarly Consensus
◈ ʿAllāmah Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 543H):
((اتفق العلماء على أن أطول الصلاة قراءة الفجر))
“The scholars are unanimously agreed that the prayer with the longest recitation is Fajr.”
— al-Masālik fī Sharḥ Muwaṭṭaʾ Mālik 2/352
Conclusion
- The prayer with the longest Sunnah recitation is Ṣalāt al-Fajr.
- The Prophet ﷺ would recite 60–100 verses in it.
- This is affirmed by authentic aḥādīth and scholarly consensus.
