Reciting a soorah after al-Faatihah in the third and fourth rak'ah
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Question: During the prayers which consist of three and four raka'aat (i.e. the Zhuhr, 'Asr, Maghrib and 'Ishaa. prayers), is it permissible to recite anything from the Qur.aan after having recited (Soorah) al-Faatihah during the raka'aat (i.e. the third and fourth) following the first tashahhud?

Response: That which is correct during the prayers which have three and four raka'aat is to recite (Soorah) al-Faatihah and to follow it with a Soorah in the first two rak'ah's (only). And there is no harm in reciting more than (Soorah) al-Faatihah during the Zhuhr and 'Asr prayers sometimes, but not always. So if he were to read more than (just Soorah) al-Faatihah in (the third and fourth raka'aat of the) Zhuhr and 'Asr (prayers), then there is no harm in this, whilst it is preferred to mostly not read anything after (Soorah) al-Faatihah after the first tashahhud (i.e in the third and fourth raka'aat).

And Allaah is the Expounder of All Success.

Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Fataawa Manaar al-Islaam - Volume 1, Page 166, Question No.136