Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Badat
Question:
The imam recited verse 72 and 73 of sūrah Aḥzab in ṣalāh. He recited the 73th verse and did waqf on وَٱلمُشرِكِینَ, then he recited وَٱلمُشرِكِینَ وَٱلمُشرِكَـٰتِ وَیَتُوبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلمُؤمِنِینَ وَٱلمُؤمِنَـٰتِ together. Will his ṣalāh become fāsid because of this or the ṣalāh will be valid?
Answer:
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allāh, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Jazāk Allāh Khayr/ Thank you for contacting Mathabah Institute.
During ṣalāh if one recited verses 72 and 73 of sūrah Aḥzab pausing at the word wal-mushrikīn then restarting with wal-mushrikīn and continuously reciting and stopping at wal-mu’mināt, this will not cause the prayer to be fāsid (ruined) as there is no drastic change in the meaning of the verses. There is no need to repeat the prayer in this situation. However, such a pause is considered waqf qabīḥ (disapproved pause). – (See: Fatḥ Al-Qadīr, Vol 1, Page 324)
Only Allāh knows best
وَلَوْ بَنَى بَعْضَ آيَةٍ عَلَى أُخْرَى إنْ لَمْ يُغَيِّرْ نَحْوُ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ [البقرة: ٢٧٧] فَلَهُ جَزَاءً الْحُسْنَى [الكهف: ٨٨] مَكَانَ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ جَنَّاتُ الْفِرْدَوْسِ نُزُلا [الكهف: ١٠٧] لَا تَفْسُدُ وَإِنْ غَيَّرَ فَإِنْ وَقَفَ وَقْفًا تَامًّا بَيْنَهُمَا فَكَذَلِكَ لَوْ كَانَ قَرَأَ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ [البينة: ٧] وَوَقَفَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُولَئِكَ هُمْ شَرُّ الْبَرِيَّةِ [البينة:٦] وَإِنْ وَصَلَ تَفْسُدُ عِنْدَ عَامَّةِ الْمَشَايِخِ وَهُوَ الصَّحِيحُ وَحِينَئِذٍ هَذَا مُقَيَّدٌ لِمَا ذُكِرَ فِي بَعْضِ الْمَوَاضِعِ مِنْ أَنَّهُ إذَا شَهِدَ بِالْجَنَّةِ لِمَنْ شَهِدَ اللَّهُ لَهُ بِالنَّارِ أَوْ بِالْقَلْبِ تَفْسُدُ وَاَللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى أَعْلَمُ – كتاب فتح القدير للكمال ابن الهمام ج ١/ ص ٣٢٤ دار الفكر
