Question Summary:
am i allowed to just recite a small part of a long surah such as al-baqara rather than reciting the whole surah after al-fatiha…

Question Detail:

i would like to know - that when leading a prayer with a group of people, in the first two rakats you recite out aloud (for fajr, maghrib and isha) al-fatiha and another surah after that, am i allowed to just recite a small part of a long surah such as al-baqara rather than reciting the whole surah after al-fatiha. The reason i am asking is because it is difficult to memorise the longer surahs but the verses within them are so good to read.

Answer :

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Assalaamu `alaykum waRahmatullahi Wabarakatoh
It is permissible to recite a part of a long Surah instead of a full short surah after Surah Al Fatiha.
And Allah knows best
Wassalam
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
Darul Iftaa, Madrassah In'aamiyyah