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Missing a verse of a Sūrah in Ṣalāh

Question

I was performing Ṣalāh, and I missed a verse from Sūrah Kāfirūn and continued thereafter and completed the Sūrah. Do I have to repeat my Ṣalāh?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

Answer

The Ṣalāh is valid and does not need to be repeated.

قال الحصكفي في الدر المختار (١/٤٥٨) في واجبات الصلاة: (وضم) أقصر (سورة) كالكوثر أو ما قام مقامها، هو ثلاث آيات قصار، نحو: ثم نظر، ثم عبس وبسر، ثم أدبر واستكبر، وكذا لو كانت الآية أو الآيتان تعدل ثلاثا قصارا، ذكره الحلبي، انتهى. وراجع الأصل (١/١٩٦، طبعة قطر)۔

Allah knows best

Yusuf Shabbir

12 Ṣafar 1442 / 30 September 2020

Approved by: Mufti Shabbir Ahmed and Mufti Muhammad Tahir

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