Any Surah After Fateha is Voluntary, so one can recite any surah.
The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ kept the Morning Prayer easy and sometimes varied the surahs he ﷺ recited, generally the shorter ones.
Sunnah (Recommended):
- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ made the Morning Prayer easy. (Bukhari 28; Muslim 92, 93; Abu Dawud 3)
- In the first part (rakah), he sometimes recited surah al-Kafirun. (Muslim 98; Tirmidhi 191)
- In the second part (rakah), he sometimes recited surah al-Ikhlas. (Muslim 98; Tirmidhi 191)
- He also recited a verse from al-Baqarah (2:136) in the first rakah and verses from Al Imran (52 or 64) in the second rakah. (Muslim 99-100; Abu Dawud 3; Nasai 38)
Fard (Obligatory):
- After surah al-Fatiha, he recited: Surah at-Tur (Bukhari 64; Muslim 42), Surah Qaf (Muslim 165-168; Tirmidhi 226-228), Surah at-Takwir (Muslim 164; Darimi 66; Nasai 44; Ibn Majah 5; Abu Dawud 131,132), Surah Rum (Nasai 41), Surah al-Muminun (Bukhari 106; Muslim 163; Abu Dawud 89; Nasai 76), Surah al-Zilzal (Abu Dawud 134), 40 verses from Surah al-Anfal (Bukhari 106), Surahs al-Falaq and an-Nas (Abu Dawud 19; Nasai 45).
- On Fridays, he recited surahs as-Sajdah and al-Insan. (Muslim 64; Abu Dawud 218; Tirmidhi 375; Nasai 38, 47)
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