Forgetting to add a sura in the first two rak‘as
Question
[ar]وَإِنْ قَرَأَ الْفَاتِحَةَ فِي صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ فِي الْأُولَيَيْنِ وَلَمْ يَزِدْ عَلَيْهَا قَرَأَ فِي الْأُخْرَيَيْنِ الْفَاتِحَةَ وَالسُّورَةَ وَجَهَرَ[/ar] “If he recited al-Fatiha in the first two [rak‘as] of the ‘Isha’ prayer and added nothing to it, he recites al-Fatiha and a sura in the last two and recites aloud” (al-Hidaya). From this mas’ala it is known that if the recitation of the sura itself is missed, it can be made up in the following rak‘a in a fard prayer.
Answer
If he forgets to add a sura in both of the first two rak‘as, or forgets in the first rak‘a of Maghrib, then in the last two, and in the third rak‘a of Maghrib, he should add a sura after al-Fatiha and also recite aloud: [ar]لَوْ تَرَكَ السُّورَةَ فِي رَكْعَةٍ مِنْ أولي الْمَغْرِبِ أَوْ فِي جَمِيعِ أولي الْعِشَاءَيْنِ قَرَأَهَا أَيِ السُّورَةَ وُجُوبًا عَلَى الْأَصَحِّ فِي…
Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya
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