Comparative Analysis of the Permissibility of Reciting Two Chapters of the Holy Quran in an Obligatory Prayer

One of the problems which is a subject of argument among Islamic jurists is that whether reciting two chapters of the holy Quran after Surah al-Fatihah is permitted in a single unit (Rak‘ah) of an obligatory prayer or not. Reciting two chapters of the holy Quran after Surah al-Fatihah in a single unit is called Qiran. Some scholars maintain that it is forbidden and even it causes the prayer to become void. Some others believe that it is better not to be recited; and eventually some hold that it is permitted. This research analyses the issue comparatively and through study of the verses of the Quran and the traditions of the holy prophet if Islam and other Jurisprudential proofs, has come to the conclusion that it is not forbidden to recite two chapters of the holy Quran after Surah al-Fatihah, but this is recommended not to be done in obligatory prayers.