Which Prayer Has the Longest Recitation in Islam?

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.