Sunan Abi Dawud · Prayer (Tafarah Abwab Estaftah Assalah)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ فِي الظُّهْرِ
Chapter: Recitation In Zuhr.
6 hadith · references 797–802
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Abu Dawud · 797فِي كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ يُقْرَأُ ، فَمَا أَسْمَعَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَسْمَعْنَاكُمْ ، وَمَا أَخْفَى عَلَيْنَا أَخْفَيْنَا عَلَيْكُمْAbu Hurairah said: In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ made us listen, and we keep hidden from you what he kept hidden from us.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 798يُصَلِّي بِنَا ، فَيَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ الْأُولَيَيْنِ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ ، وَسُورَتَيْنِ ، وَيُسْمِعُنَا الْآيَةَ أَحْيَانًا ، وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ الرَّكْعَةَ الْأُولَى مِنَ الظُّهْرِAbu Qatadah said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to lead us in prayer and recite in the first two rak’ahs of the noon prayers Fatihat al-kitab and two surahs, and he would sometimes recite loud enough for us to hear the v10 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 799وَكَانَ يُطَوِّلُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مَا لَا يُطَوِّلُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ ، وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْعَصْرِ ، وَهَكَذَا فِي صَلَاةِ الْغَدَاةِThe above mentioned tradition as been reported by Abu Qatadah through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: He would recite Fatihat al-kitab in the last two surahs. Hammam added: He would prolong the first r7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 800حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : فَظَنَنَّا أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ Abu Qatadah said: We thought that by this (prolonging the first rak’ah). He (the prophet) meant that the people might join the first rak’ah.6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 801هَلْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الظُّهْرِ وَالْعَصْرِ ؟ قَالَ : نَعَمْ ، قُلْنَا : بِمَ كُنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَ ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ : بِاضْطِرَابِ لِحْيَتِهِAbu Mamar said: We asked Khabbab: Did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recit (the Quran) in the noon and afternoon prayers? He replied: Yes. We then asked: How did you know this? He said: By the shaking of his beard, may peace b6 narratorsAbu Dawud · 802يَقُومُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الْأُولَى مِنْ صَلَاةِ الظُّهْرِ حَتَّى لَا يُسْمَعَ وَقْعُ قَدَمٍAbdullah bin Abl Awfa said: The prophet ﷺ used to stand in the rak’ah of prayer so much so that no sound of steps heard.6 narrators