Such is the case with reciting verses of the Qur’?n by a recitor before the Iq?mah is pronounced the thing which causes inconvenience to those who are performing Sal?t. The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) forbade such an act; he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘Do not recite Qur’?n loudly and cause inconvenience for other people’. (1)

Al-Q?sim? said: ‘I read in “Haw?shi Matn Shaikh Khal?l” that whoever recites Qur’?n in a loud voice in the mosque should be ordered to do it silently, keep silent, or leave the mosque’.

[2/ 28] So is the case with saying ‘[Recite] Al-F?tihah to the glory of the most honored of all Messengers’, ‘Al-F?tihah for the souls of all Muslims’ or ‘Al-F?tihah to whom we are standing in his presence’ if there is a grave in the mosque. We seek refuge with All?h ( - عز وجل -) from such hedious acts. (2)

[29] Doing N?filah while the Iq?mah is being recited:

M?lik Ibn Buhainah said: ‘The prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) once saw a man doing two Rak‘ah Sal?t while the Iq?mah of the obligatory Sal?t is being recited. Having done the obligatory Sal?t, people gathered around the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -). He ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) then said to the man: ‘Does dawn Sal?t consist of four Rak‘ahs? twice’ (3) [reproaching him].

This had?th indicates that joining the Im?m in Sal?t once the Iq?mah is recited is better than doing the two prior-Sunnah Rak‘ahs of dawn Sal?t. In case there is no time, one could do the Sunnah Sal?t after the obligatory one has already been performed, as affirmed in the authentic ah?d?th. (4)

Ab? Hurairah ( - رضي الله عنه -) related that the prophet ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) said: ‘When the Iqamah is recited, no one performs but the obligatory Sal?t’. (5)