What Should Be Recited in the Third and Fourth Rak‘at
Issue No.918- In the third and fourth rak‘ats of prayer, one may either read only sūrah al-fātiḥa or tasbīḥāt arbaʿah, (سُبْحانَ اللّهِ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ وَ لا اِلهَ إِلاَّ اللّهُ وَ اللّهُ اَکْبَرُ) three times, though once is enough. It is also permissible to recite sūrah al-fātiḥa in one rak‘at, and tasbīḥāt arbaʿah in the other.
