His statement, “and his family”: his family are those who follow his religion. If the term family is mentioned alongside followers and Companions, it refers to the believing members of his kin; but if they are not mentioned alongside it, then it refers to those who follow his religion. This is the correct view.

His statement, “and grant him abundant peace,” means safety from every affliction. The wording “may Allah send blessings and peace” is declarative in form but intended as a supplication.

“If he wishes, he may say something else; then, in the first rak‘ah, he recites aloud after al-Fātiḥah Surah Sabbih, and in the second Surah al-Ghāshiyah …”

His statement, “If he wishes, he may say something else,” means that the matter is flexible: if he wishes, he may say something else, and if he wishes to say nothing, there is no harm. What matters is that he says the additional takbīrs.

His statement, “then he recites aloud,” means that he recites al-Fātiḥah and the surahs that follow it aloud, because the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, used to do so. Likewise, he would recite aloud in every prayer that brings the people together, as he did in the Friday prayer and the eclipse prayer, since it is a congregational prayer; and likewise in the prayer for rain.

His statement, “in the first, after al-Fātiḥah, Surah Sabbih, and Surah al-Ghāshiyah in the second,” is because it is authentically reported from the Prophet, may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him, “that he would recite in the first Surah Sabbih, and in the second Surah al-Ghāshiyah” (1). It is also authentically reported from him that he would recite in the first: “Qaf. By the Glorious Quran,” and in the second: “The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split apart.” (2) Therefore, in order to make the sunnah manifest and revive it, the imam should recite on one occasion with this,