[9/ 40] The fifth: Some Im?ms make the second Rak‘ah longer than the first one -whether in secret or audible Sal?t- the thing which contradicts the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) Sunnah.

[Concerning this] Ibn Al-Qayyim said: ‘He ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) used to make the first Rak‘ah longer than the second one in the dawn Sal?t and all other Salaw?t -especially Thuhr Sal?t till he ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) hears no more steps. (1) ’ (2)

Ibn Razz?q called such a practice as Bid‘ah as was previously mentioned.

Certain cases are excluded from this ruling depending on special evidences, such as: the Sal?t done on Friday and the two Eids; in the first Rak‘ah the Im?m recites S?rat Al-A‘l? and in the second he recites Al-G?shiyah and the latter includes seven more verses than former.

[10/ 40] The sixth: There is no authentic had?th that indicates the permissibility of keeping silent for a while by the Im?m after reciting F?tihah to give the Ma’m?m?n a chance to recite it in the audible Sal?t. (3)

[11/ 40] The seventh: some Im?ms’ recitation in the audible Sal?t is too short; some may even recite the verses that begin with ‘O! You who believe’ to the end of the S?rah, the thing which contradicts the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) Sunnah.

This is clearly established in Ibn Al-Qayyim’s statements which run as follow: ‘It is not of the prophet’s ( - صلى الله عليه وسلم -) Sunnah to recite only the last few verses of the Surahs that include ‘O! you who believe’. (4)