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Title: What is minimum number of ayat are obligatory to recite in one rakat? is it minimum 3?

Question: What is minimum number of ayat are obligatory to recite in one rakat? is it minimum 3?

Answer ID: 13929Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 990/990=M/1430)

Yes, the minimum obligatory amount of qirat (recitation of the Quran) in salah is three short verses or one long verse which is equal to three short verses:

تجب قرأۃ الفاتحۃ و ضم السورۃ أو مایقوم مقامھا من ثلاث آیات قصار أو آیۃ طویلۃ في الأولیین بعد الفاتحۃ (الھندیۃ)

Allah (Subhana Wa Ta'ala) knows Best

Darul Ifta,

Darul Uloom Deoband, India

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